55-23-45 - Authorization of repair, remodeling and enlargement of stadium; public parking facilities.
§ 55-23-45. Authorization of repair, remodeling and enlargement of stadium; public parking facilities.
The Building Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to repair and remodel the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium and, notwithstanding the seating capacity limitations set out in Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43, to enlarge said stadium as funds become available for said purpose. The parking facilities shall not be extended any farther to the east than as the facilities existed on January 1, 1996. Further, the portion of the state-owned property on which the stadium and parking facilities are located, except the property west of the stadium between the stadium and North West Street, that was undeveloped as of January 1, 1996, shall remain undeveloped unless the Legislature enacts legislation approving the development of such property. The portion of state-owned property on which the stadium is located that is west of the stadium between the stadium and North West Street may be developed to provide parking facilities for the Mississippi Department of Transportation offices located on North West Street. The Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission may take any action authorized in Section 55-23-8, relating to the property described in such section.
Sources: Laws, 1974, ch. 534, § 1; Laws, 1979, ch. 360, § 13; Laws, 1989, ch. 548, § 5; Laws, 1996, ch. 552, § 4; Laws, 2001, ch. 602, § 9, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 16, 2001.)