Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 39 - LIBRARIES, ARTS, ARCHIVES AND HISTORY (§§ 39-1-1 — 39-41-1) › Chapter 23 - MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM (§§ 39-23-1 — 39-23-7) › Section 39-23-7 - Lease of facility to nonprofit corporation

(1)
If the old National Guard Armory is repaired, renovated, furnished and equipped as provided for in Sections
39-23-1
through 39-23-7 and Sections 20 through 33 of Chapter 535, Laws of 1997, as amended, the Mississippi Fair Commission shall lease the facility for a period not exceeding twenty (20) years to a nonprofit corporation whose primary purpose for incorporation is the support and improvement of a children's museum in Mississippi. The benefit to Mississippi from the operation of such lease shall be considered as sufficient consideration. The lease shall be executed for a nominal fee and it shall be presumed that such lease shall not amount to a donation of state property.
(2)
If the facility at the location described in Section
39-23-3(c)
is repaired, renovated, furnished and equipped as provided for in Sections
39-23-1
through 39-23-7 and Sections 20 through 33 of Chapter 535, Laws of 1997, as amended, the Department of Finance and Administration shall lease the facility for a period not exceeding twenty (20) years to a nonprofit corporation whose primary purpose for incorporation is the support and improvement of a children's museum in Mississippi. The benefit to Mississippi from the operation of such lease shall be considered as sufficient consideration. The lease shall be executed for a nominal fee and it shall be presumed that such lease shall not amount to a donation of state property.
(3)
If the facility at the location described in Section
39-23-3(d)
is constructed, furnished and equipped as provided for in Sections
39-23-1
through 39-23-7 and Sections 20 through 33 of Chapter 535, Laws of 1997, as amended, the Department of Finance and Administration shall lease the facility for a period not exceeding twenty (20) years to a nonprofit corporation whose primary purpose for incorporation is the support and improvement of a children's museum in Mississippi. The benefit to Mississippi from the operation of such lease shall be considered a sufficient consideration. The lease shall be executed for a nominal fee and it shall be presumed that such lease shall not amount to a donation of state property.
(4)
If the facility at a location selected as provided in Section
39-23-3(e)
, to include the approval of any using and/or controlling agency, board or commission of the proposed site, is constructed, furnished and equipped as provided for in Sections
39-23-1
through 39-23-7 and Sections 20 through 33 of Chapter 535, Laws of 1997, as amended, the Department of Finance and Administration shall lease the facility for a period not exceeding fifty (50) years to a nonprofit corporation whose primary purpose for incorporation is the support and improvement of a children's museum in Mississippi. The benefit to Mississippi from the operation of such lease shall be considered a sufficient consideration. The lease shall be executed for a nominal fee and it shall be presumed that such lease shall not amount to a donation of state property. Upon the expiration of the fifty-year lease term, the property leased, conveyed or transferred under this section shall revert back to the controlling agency or to the State of Mississippi.
(5)
The State of Mississippi shall retain all mineral rights to such property.
Laws, 1997, ch. 535, § 19; Laws, 1999, ch. 589, § 136; Laws, 2001, ch. 600, § 63; Laws, 2004, ch. 451, § 4; Laws, 2006, ch. 575, § 1, eff. 4/24/2006.