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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 587
BY REPRESENTATIVE GARY SMITH
PROPERTY: Provides for the transfer of certain property in St. Charles Parish
AN ACT1
To authorize and provide for the transfer or lease of certain state property in St. Charles2
Parish to the Pontchartrain Levee District from the Department of Transportation and3
Development; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development and6
the commissioner of the division of administration, notwithstanding any other provision of7
law to the contrary, is hereby authorized and empowered to convey, transfer, assign, lease,8
and deliver any interest, excluding mineral rights, the state may have to the following9
described properties to the Pontchartrain Levee District:10
PARCEL UR16-26:11
Beginning at a point located on Vendor's most western property line, said12
point being coexistent with the point located on the easterly existing right of13
way line of Magazine Blvd., St. Charles, Louisiana, said point being more14
fully described as being located approximately 489.85 feet north 21° 17' 39"15
West, opposite Highway Survey Station project no. 450-36-03 (Route I-310);16
thence proceed from this point of beginning along Vendor's western property17
line North 21° 17' 38" West, a distance of 143.92 feet; thence proceed along18
Vendor's most northerly property line, a distance of 177.29 feet in a19
southeasterly direction to Vendor's eastern property line; thence proceed20
along Vendor's eastern property line South 21°03' 24" East, a distance of21
35.85 feet; thence proceed along the arc of a curve having a radius of22
3,234.04 feet (the chord which bears South 70° 10' 54" West, a distance of23
137.65 feet (a distance of 137.66 feet) to point of beginning. Said parcel of24
land contains an area of 0.286 acre.25 HLS 10RS-1235 ORIGINAL
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PARCEL NO. UR-22-5:1
Beginning at a point located approximately 442.20 feet (52.36 feet plus2
135.16 feet plus 254.63 feet) north 19° 52' 11" West opposite Highway3
Survey Stations 66 + 99.30 to the left or northerly side of the centerline of4
Airline Highway (La-US 61), St. Charles Parish, State of Louisiana; thence5
proceed along Vendor's southern property line, said line being co-existent6
with the northern existing right of way line of Willow Street, North 52° 52'7
24" East a distance of 168.90 feet to point of beginning; thence proceed8
along the arc of a curve having a radius of 1,387.40 feet (North 30° 20' 07"9
West a distance of 322.97 feet) a distance of 323.70 feet; thence proceed10
along the arc of a curve having a radius of 671.20 feet (the chord which bears11
North 5° 22' 55" West a distance of 420.83 feet) a distance of 428.04 feet;12
thence proceed along Vendor's most northern property line North 49° 17' 49"13
East a distance of 27.97 feet; thence proceed along Vendor's most eastern14
property line South 17° 24' 11" East a distance of 722.72 feet; thence proceed15
along Vendor's most southern property line, said line being co-existent with16
the northern existing right of way line of Willow Street, South 52° 52' 24"17
West a distance of 43.62 feet to point of beginning. Said parcel of land18
contains an area of 1.477 acres.19
Section 2. The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development and20
the commissioner of the division of administration, on behalf of the state of Louisiana, is21
hereby authorized to enter into such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and22
to execute such documents as are necessary to properly effectuate any conveyance, transfer,23
assignment, lease, or delivery of title, excluding mineral rights, to the properties described24
in Section 1 herein, and as more specifically described in any such agreements entered into25
and documents executed by and between the secretary of the Department of Transportation26
and Development, the commissioner of the division of administration and the Pontchartrain27
Levee District, in exchange of consideration proportionate to the appraised value of the28
property.29
Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not30
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature31
by the governor, as provided in Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If32
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become33
effective on the day following such approval.34 HLS 10RS-1235 ORIGINAL
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Gary Smith HB No. 587
Authorizes the transfer or lease of certain state property in St. Charles Parish fromDOTD
and division of administration to the Pontchartrain Levee District. Provides for the
reservation of mineral rights to the state.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.