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Committee advances bill to streamline campus demolition review with MDAH oversight
Summary
The committee reported Senate Bill 2594 to amend Mississippi antiquities law so IHL and community college boards, together with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, can more quickly process demolition permits for abandoned or blighted campus buildings while triggering a 90‑day review clock for MDAH.
The Public Property committee on Jan. 31 reported Senate Bill 2594, which would amend the Mississippi antiquities law to allow public universities and community college boards (IHL institutions) and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) to coordinate demolition permitting for abandoned, vacant or blighted on-campus buildings that are structurally or economically infeasible to restore.
Senator Williams, who presented the bill, said the intent is to "balance…
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