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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 583
BY SENATOR GALLOT
PUBLIC PROPERTY. Authorizes the commissioner of administration to transfer certain
property in Lincoln Parish to Grambling State University and to Louisiana Tech University.
(8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To authorize the division of administration to transfer certain state property in Lincoln2
Parish to Grambling State University and to Louisiana Tech University; to provide3
for the property description; to provide for reservation of mineral rights; to provide4
terms and conditions; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. The commissioner of administration, notwithstanding any other7
provision of law to the contrary, is hereby authorized and empowered to assign any8
interest, excluding mineral rights, the state may have to all or any portion of the9
following described parcel of property to Grambling State University: 10
A certain tract of land, including all improvements located thereon, situated and11
lying adjacent to Louisiana Technical University property and more particularly12
described as follows to wit:13
Thence a 163.39 acre tract of land with improvements situated in14
Sections 23 and 24, Township 18, North, Range 4 West, in Lincoln15
Parish, Louisiana and formerly known as Ruston State School.16
Section 2. The commissioner of administration is hereby authorized to enter into17 SB NO. 583
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such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and to execute such1
documents as necessary to properly effectuate the assignment, excluding mineral2
rights, to the property described in Section 1, and as more specifically described in any3
such agreements entered into and documents executed by and between the4
commissioner of administration and Grambling State University. Any such transfer5
shall be subject to any leases, easements, servitudes, restrictions and rights-of-way of6
record or existing concerning the property.7
Section 3. The commissioner of administration, notwithstanding any other8
provision of law to the contrary, is hereby authorized and empowered to assign any9
interest, excluding mineral rights, the state may have to all or any portion of the10
following parcel of property to Louisiana Tech University:11
A certain tract of land, including all improvements located thereon,12
situated and laying adjacent to Louisiana Technical University property13
and more particularly described as follows to wit:14
Thence a 150 acre tract of land, more or less, with improvements, that15
is currently being leased by Louisiana Tech University, being situated in16
Section 23, Township 18, North, Range 4 West, in Lincoln Parish,17
Louisiana.18
Section 4. The commissioner of administration is hereby authorized to enter into19
such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and to execute such20
documents as necessary to properly effectuate the assignment, excluding mineral21
rights, to the property described in Section 3, and as more specifically described in any22
such agreements entered into and documents executed by and between the23
commissioner of administration and Louisiana Tech University. Any such transfer24
shall be subject to any leases, easements, servitudes, restrictions and rights-of-way of25
record or existing concerning the property.26 SB NO. 583
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The original instrument was prepared by Michelle Broussard-Johnson. The
following digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative
instrument, was prepared by McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
Gallot (SB 583)
Authorizes the commissioner of administration to transfer certain state property in Lincoln
Parish to Grambling State University and to Louisiana Tech University.
Effective August 1, 2012.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Natural Resources to
the original bill.
1. Changes the secretary of DHH to commissioner of administration.
2. Adds additional property transfer.