47-5-64 - Agricultural leases of prison lands to private entities; reservation of additional land for agricultural projects of Department of Corrections. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 47-5-64. Agricultural leases of prison lands to private entities; reservation of additional land for agricultural projects of Department of Corrections.
 

The commissioner is hereby directed to determine the number of acres and location of land under its jurisdiction which are needed for security purposes and for Prison Agricultural Enterprises. The commissioner shall designate and reserve such additional land for agricultural enterprise projects of the department, as he deems necessary. The commissioner shall then recommend to the Department of Finance and Administration the number of acres of department land which should be leased to private entities and the term of the leases. The Department of Finance and Administration shall have the authority to lease for agricultural purposes that Penitentiary land so recommended for not less than three (3) nor more than eight (8) years, with the approval of the Public Procurement Review Board. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1978, ch. 301, § 1; brought forward, 1981, ch. 465, § 36; reenacted, 1984, ch. 471, § 32; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 221; reenacted, 1986, ch. 413, § 32; Laws, 1986, ch. 425, § 1; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 16; Laws, 1992, ch. 506, § 12; Laws, 2007, ch. 351, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved Mar. 15, 2007.)