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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 292
BY REPRESENTATIVES JEFFERSON AND SHADOIN
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Provides relative to the transfer of a certain parcel of land from La.
Tech University to the city of Ruston
AN ACT1
To authorize and provide for the transfer of certain state property; to authorize the transfer2
of certain state property in Lincoln Parish from Louisiana Tech University to the city3
of Ruston; to provide for the property description; to provide for reservation of4
mineral rights; to provide terms and conditions of such transfer; to provide an5
effective date; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. The president of the University of Louisiana System on behalf of the state8
of Louisiana, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, is hereby9
authorized and empowered to convey, transfer, assign, lease, or deliver any interest,10
excluding mineral rights, the state may have to all or any portion of the following described11
parcel of property to the city of Ruston:12
The description of the property (the "Property") conveyed by Grace Methodist13
Church to the State of Louisiana and Louisiana Tech University by sale of land dated14
December 6, 1981, of record in Conveyance Book 358, page 165, of the records of15
Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.16
Tract l17
Beginning at a concrete post which is located at the point where the South line of the18
NE/4 of NW/4 of Section 26, Township 18 North, Range 3 West, intersects the North19
and West Right of Way line of U.S. Highway No. 80, and run South 50 degrees 3520
minutes West along the said North and West Right of Way line of Highway No. 8021
for a distance of l49.5 feet, where the starting point is found. From said starting point22
run North 39 degrees 25 minutes West to the South line of the NE/4 of NW/4, said23
Section 26, a distance of l30 feet, thence West along the South line of said forty to24
the SW Corner of said as NE/4 of NW/4, Section 26, a distance of l30.5 feet, thence25
South on the forty line to the intersection of the North and West Right of Way line26
of U.S. Highway No. 80, a distance of 271 feet, thence North 50 degrees 35 minutes27
East along the North and West boundary line of said Highway No. 80, to starting28
point, a distance of 272 feet; and,29 HLS 13RS-856 ENGROSSED
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Beginning at a concrete post which is located at the point where the South line of the2
NE/4 of NW/4 of Section 26, Township 18 North, Range 3 West, intersects the North3
and West Right of Way line of U.S. Highway No. 80, and run South 50 degrees 354
minutes West along the said North and West Right of Way line of Highway No. 805
for a distance of 74.5 feet where the starting point is found. From said starting point,6
run North 39 degrees 25 minutes West to the South line of the NE/4 of NW/4 of said7
Section 26, a distance of 66 feet, thence due West along said South line of said forty8
until striking the Corner of the property presently owned by said Church, a distance9
of 95 feet, thence run South 39 degrees 25 minutes East until striking the North and10
West Right of Way line of said Highway a distance of l30 feet, thence North 5011
degrees 35 minutes East along the said North and West Right of Way line of said12
Highway No. 80, to point of beginning, a distance of 75 feet, together with all13
improvements situated thereupon.14
The Property is also described as follows:15
Commence at the Northwest corner of the SE/4 of the NW/4 of Section 26,16
Township l8 North, Range 3 West, thence run due South for a distance of 14.40 feet17
to the starting point. From the starting point run East for a distance of 29.90 feet to18
a 1-inch iron pipe set in concrete in an existing fence corner; thence run North 87°58'19
East along said fence for a distance of 93 feet to a l l/2-inch iron pipe which is20
painted white; thence run due East for a distance of l2l.25 feet to a 3/4-inch iron pipe21
set in concrete on the West boundary of the town of Ruston, Louisiana, lot as22
described in Conveyance Book 34, at Page 400, of the records of the Clerk of Court23
of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana; thence run South 38°02' East along said boundary for24
a distance of 75.55 feet to an existing l/2" iron rod set in concrete on the North right25
of way line of Highway 80; thence run South 52°06' West along the North Right of26
Way line of U.S. Highway 80 for 368.26 feet, thence run North along Tech Drive for27
282.42 feet to the point of beginning.28
Section 2. The president of the University of Louisiana System on behalf of the29
state of Louisiana is hereby authorized to enter into such agreements, covenants, conditions,30
and stipulations and to execute such documents as necessary to properly effectuate any31
conveyance, transfer, assignment, lease, or delivery of title, excluding mineral rights, to the32
property described in Section 1 of this Act, and as more specifically described in any such33
agreements entered into and documents executed by and between the president of the34
University of Louisiana System on behalf of the state of Louisiana and the city of Ruston,35
in exchange of consideration proportionate to the appraised value of the property.36
Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not37
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature38
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If39
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become40
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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)]
Jefferson HB No. 292
Authorizes the transfer or lease of certain state property in Lincoln Parish from La. Tech
University to the city of Ruston. Provides for the reservation of mineral rights to the state.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.