Mississippi House Bill 1003 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Clarify That A Lease Of Sixteenth Section Lands That Is Duly Executed By The Applicable School Board Of The School District Is Presumed To Be Valid; To Clarify That The Approval Of The Secretary Of State Is Not Necessary Before The Board May Enter Into Any Such Lease; To Provide That The Secretary Of State May Object To The Validity Of Such A Lease By Filing An Action In The Appropriate Chancery Court And Demonstrating That The Lease Is Unconscionable Or Otherwise Not Valid; To Provide That Board Members Acting In Good Faith Are Immune From Individual Liability Associated With Entering Into The Lease; To Amend Section 29-3-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete Certain Standards Regarding The Classification And Reclassification Of Sixteenth Section Lands; To Amend Section 29-3-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require An Appraisal Of Sixteenth Section Lands Every Five Years, To Establish Sixteenth Section Land Complaint Tribunal; To Hear Objections To The Classification Of Sixteenth Section Lands, And To Authorize The Local School Board To Charge The Leaseholder For The Cost Of The First Appraisal; To Amend Section 29-3-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Authority Of The Secretary Of State To Reclassify Any Sixteenth Section Lands On His Own Motion; To Amend Section 29-3-57, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Superintendent Of Education To Designate A School District Employee To Serve As A Sixteenth Section Lands Manager; To Amend Section 29-3-69, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Sixteenth Section Land Leaseholders To Assign Or Sublease Their Lease In Their Discretion; To Amend Sections 29-3-63 And 29-3-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Sixteenth section land; clarify and revise provisions relating to leases, re-leases and fair market value of.

Rep. Joey Hood [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB1003.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1003IN.htm