Legislation to simplify purchase of State-owned properties advances

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Legislation to simplify purchase of State-owned properties advances

By District 56 Representative Clay Mansell What’s in the red square? These are State-owned, tax-forfeited properties—land and buildings whose owners have not paid their taxes and that have been abandoned. The properties are now owned by the State of Mississippi. This past summer, I had the privilege of co-chairing with Shanda Yates a select legislative committee focused on tackling this very issue. The committee came up with a bill, which is cu…