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SENATE BILL NO. 702
BY SENATOR HEITMEIER
AN ACT1
To authorize the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University System and2
Agricultural and Mechanical College and LSU Health Sciences Center to transfer3
certain state property in Orleans Parish; to authorize the commissioner of4
administration to lease certain state property in Orleans Parish; to provide for the5
property description; to provide for reservation of mineral rights; to provide terms6
and conditions; and to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. The Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University System9
and Agricultural and Mechanical College and LSU Health Sciences Center,10
notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, is hereby authorized and11
directed to transfer any interest the state may have to all or any portion of the12
following described parcel of property to the division of administration:13
17.22 acres with a physical address of 210 State Street, New Orleans, LA 7011814
and measuring 1,072' along Leake Avenue by 680' along State Street by 1024'15
along Tchoupitoulas Street by 773' along Henry Clay Avenure, situated in16
Section 13, Township 13 S-Range 11E in Orleans Parish, LA, together with all17
improvements thereon.18
Section 2. The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University System and19
Agricultural and Mechanical College and LSU Health Sciences Center are hereby20
authorized to enter into such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and21
to execute such documents as necessary to properly effectuate any transfer to the22
property described in Section 1, and as more specifically described in any such23
agreements entered into and documents executed by and between the Board of24
Supervisors of Louisiana State University System and Agricultural and Mechanical25
College and LSU Health Sciences Center and the commissioner of administration.26
Section 3. The commissioner of administration, notwithstanding any other27 SB NO. 702 ENROLLED
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provision of law to the contrary, is hereby authorized and empowered to lease any1
interest, excluding mineral rights, the state may have to all of any portion of the parcel2
of property described in Section 1 to the Children's Hospital, New Orleans.3
Section 4. The commissioner of administration is hereby authorized to enter4
into such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and to execute such5
documents as necessary to properly effectuate any lease, excluding mineral rights, to6
the property described in Section 1, and as more specifically described in any such7
agreements entered into and documents executed by and between the commissioner of8
administration and Children's Hospital, New Orleans, in exchange of consideration9
proportionate to at least the appraised value of the property.10
Section 5. A. The authority provided to the commissioner of administration in11
Section 3 and Section 6 of this Act shall be conditioned upon the agreement authorized12
by Section 4 and Section 6 of this Act containing the following provisions:13
(1) The property shall be administered, managed, and operated as a facility for14
health care, mental health care, or health care or mental health care education.15
(2) The portion of the property described in Section 1 of this Act that formerly16
housed the New Orleans Adolescent Hospital shall be administered, managed, and17
operated so as to provide mental health care including in-patient and out-patient18
services consistent with those services provided by the New Orleans Adolescent19
Hospital prior to 2010. Such services may be provided by a third party as more20
particularly provided for in the lease agreement. 21
B. In the event the property is not administered, managed, and operated as22
provided in the conditions provided for in Subsection A of this Section, the lease shall23
terminate and control of such property shall immediately revert to and vest in the state.24
Section 6. The lease provided for in Section 3 and Section 4 of this Act shall be25
executed by February 1, 2013. Failure to execute the lease shall render Section 3 and26
Section 4 of this Act null, void, and without effect. After such time or when Children's27
Hospital refuses to enter into the lease, whichever is sooner, the commissioner of28
administration is authorized to offer a lease of the property described in Section 1 of29
this Act to the highest bidder and to enter into such agreements, covenants, conditions,30 SB NO. 702 ENROLLED
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and stipulations and to execute such documents as necessary to properly effectuate any1
lease, excluding mineral rights, to the property described in Section 1, and as more2
specifically described in any such agreements entered into and documents executed by3
and between the commissioner of administration and the highest bidder, in exchange4
of consideration proportionate to at least the appraised value of the property. Should5
the commissioner fail to lease the property by August 1, 2013, or six months after6
Children's Hospital refuses to enter the lease, whichever is sooner, the transfer7
provided for in Section 1 and Section 2 of this Act shall be null, void, and without8
effect, and title and control of the property described in Section 1 shall revert to the9
Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University System and Agricultural and10
Mechanical College and LSU Health Sciences Center.11
Section 7. Not withstanding the provisions of R.S. 41:131 through 140 or any12
other provision to the contrary, the provisions of this Act shall be the exclusive13
authority and procedure to transfer any interest the state may have in the property14
described in Section 1 of this Act.15
Section 8. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not16
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature17
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If18
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become19
effective on the day following such approval.20
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: