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Committee advances bill to speed sale of University of Southern Mississippi land by adjusting DFA role
Summary
The Public Property committee voted to refer a bill that would let the Department of Finance and Administration step back from parts of the sale process for roughly 600 acres owned by the University of Southern Mississippi while preserving DFA review and a two-appraisal prerequisite.
The Public Property committee voted to refer a bill intended to speed the sale of about 600 acres owned by the University of Southern Mississippi, after a presentation by Senator Dupree and a brief committee exchange.
Senator Dupree, presenting the bill on behalf of the university, said the parcel in north Mississippi "has a parcel about 600 acres of of land," noting the site once included a lake and that a golf course there closed about 25 years ago. He said local governments and the university have produced a…
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