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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 412
BY SENATOR DONAHUE
AN ACT1
To enact Part XI-A of Chapter 1 of Subtitle I of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes2
of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 39:332.1, relative to property control; to create the3
State Buildings and Lands Highest and Best Use Advisory Group; to provide for4
duties and responsibilities; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related5
matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. Part XI-A of Chapter 1 of Subtitle I of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised8
Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 39:332.1, is hereby enacted to read as follows:9
PART XI-A. STATE BUILDINGS AND LANDS HIGHEST10
AND BEST USE ADVISORY GROUP11
ยง332.1. State Buildings and Lands Highest and Best Use Advisory Group;12
creation13
A. The State Buildings and Lands Highest and Best Use Advisory Group,14
hereinafter referred to as the "Advisory Group" is hereby created to be15
composed of the director of the office of facility planning and control, the16
director of the office of state lands, the director of the office of risk17
management, and the director of the office of statewide reporting and18
accounting policy or their designees.19
B. The Advisory Group shall advise the commissioner of administration20
on all matters relating to state-owned property and development opportunities21
for the state to enter into public-private development partnerships with private,22
non profit or public partners, chosen by competitive bid, in order to develop23
and manage state-owned real estate in a manner that achieves the highest and24
best use of the property.25
C.(1) By the first of November each year, each agency in the executive26
branch, including each higher education agency which is funded or proposed27
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by the Board of Regents to be funded through the higher education funding1
formula, working in cooperation with the parish planning authority or parish2
governing authority of the parish in which the property is located, shall report3
to the Advisory Group any land or buildings under the control of such agency4
that, in the estimation of the agency, is being underutilized or may represent an5
opportunity to be developed in accordance with the highest and best use of the6
property.7
(2) The Advisory Group shall review and analyze the various reports and8
shall, not later than January fifteenth of each year, make recommendations to9
the commissioner of administration regarding which properties present the10
most promise for development including public-private development.11
(3) The commissioner shall review the list of properties recommended12
by the Advisory Group and finalize the list of properties by accepting the list or13
by removing properties from the list. At the regular March meeting of the Joint14
Legislative Committee on the Budget, the commissioner of administration shall15
present the final list of such properties with a plan for the development of the16
highest and best use of such properties.17
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010; if vetoed by the governor18
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,19
2010, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: