HLS 12RS-390 ENGROSSED
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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 346
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHANEY
PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Provides for an exchange of property in Ouachita Parish
AN ACT1
To authorize and provide for the transfer of certain state property; to authorize the transfer2
of certain state property in Ouachita Parish; to provide for the property description;3
to provide for reservation of mineral rights; to provide terms and conditions; to4
provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. The secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,7
notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, is hereby authorized and8
empowered to convey, transfer, assign, lease, or deliver any interest, excluding mineral9
rights, the state may have to all or any portion of the following described parcel of property10
to the owner of the property described in Section 2 of this Act:11
A certain tract of land, excluding mineral rights and including all improvements12
located thereon, situated and being in a portion of the Southeast ¼ of the Northwest13
¼ of Section 22, Township 16 North, Range 4 East, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana and14
comprising approximately 0.78 acre, more or less.15
Section 2. In exchange for the above described properties in Section 1, the secretary16
of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, notwithstanding any other provision of law to17
the contrary, is hereby authorized and empowered to accept, in addition to any other18
consideration, delivery of title to all or any portion of the following described parcels of19
property from the owner of such property:20
A certain tract of land, excluding mineral rights and including all improvements21
located thereon, situated and being in a portion of the Northeast ¼ of the Northwest22
¼ of Section 22, Township 16 North, Range 4 East, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana and23
comprising approximately 0.78 acre, more or less.24 HLS 12RS-390 ENGROSSED
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Section 3. The secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is hereby1
authorized to enter into such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and to2
execute such documents as necessary to properly effectuate any conveyance, transfer,3
assignment, lease, or delivery of title, excluding mineral rights, to the property described in4
Sections 1 and 2 of this Act, and as more specifically described in any such agreements5
entered into and documents executed by and between the secretary of the Department of6
Wildlife and Fisheries and the owner of the property described in Section 2 of this Act, in7
exchange of consideration proportionate to the appraised value of the property.8
Section 4. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not9
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature10
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If11
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become12
effective on the day following such approval.13
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)]
Chaney HB No. 346
Authorizes the exchange of certain state property in Ouachita Parish from the Dept. of
Wildlife and Fisheries. Provides for the reservation of mineral rights to the state.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.