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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE BILL NO. 154
BY SENATOR MURRAY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
PUBLIC LANDS. Authorizes a cooperative endeavor agreement for use of certain state
property situated in Orleans Parish, and the transfer of the former site of Earl K. Long
Medical Center to the East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To authorize and provide relative to certain public property; to authorize and provide for a2
cooperative endeavor agreement for use of certain state property in Orleans Parish3
with the BioDistrict New Orleans; to authorize and provide for the transfer of certain4
state property; to provide for the transfer of state property in East Baton Rouge5
Parish; to provide for the property description; to provide for reservation of mineral6
rights; to provide terms, conditions, and requirements; to provide for an effective7
date; and to provide for related matters.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. The commissioner of administration shall have the authority to enter into10
a cooperative endeavor agreement with the BioDistrict New Orleans to allow the former11
Louisiana State Supreme Court site and the former state office building site located at 32512
Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana, to be utilized as the new civil district court site.13
Section 2. The board of supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural14
and Mechanical College, and the commissioner of administration, on behalf of the state,15
notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, are hereby authorized,16
empowered, and directed to convey, transfer, assign, and deliver any interest, excluding17 SB NO. 154
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mineral rights, the state may have to the former site of Earl K. Long Medical Center to the1
East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority, which property is further described as follows:2
"A tract of land, with all the buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the3
Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, containing fourteen and 27/100 (14.27)4
acres, according to the survey of the northern portions of Lots Seven (7) , Eight (8),5
Nine (9), and Ten (10) of the KENNER TRACT, T-6-S, R-1-E, for Waldo S.6
Cockerham, said plat having been made by Charles A. Cooper, Surveyor, of date7
February 15, 1956, a copy of which is attached to an act of sale with mortgage filed8
as Original 99, Bundle 3753, of the records of the Clerk and Recorder of East Baton9
Rouge Parish, Louisiana.10
Said tract is further described as being the remaining portion of a tract containing11
twenty (20) acres, said twenty (20) acres taken from the eastern portion of a tract of12
fifty (50) acres, said twenty (20) acres being comprised of Lots Seven (7), Eight (8),13
Nine (9), and (Ten (10) of a subdivision of the MRS. E. KEENER TRACT, made by14
A. G. Mundinger, C.E. March 11, 1919, of record in Plan Book 1, Page 30 of the15
records of the Clerk and Recorder of said Parish, each of said lots containing five16
(56) acres, said tract of twenty (20) acres being subject to the following sales made17
therefrom:18
One and 8/100 (1.08) acres to Mrs Annie O. Guice in COB 464, Page 342.19
Two and 30/100 (2.30) acres to Home Oil Company in COB 464, Page 749.20
Two and 5.100 (2.05) acres to State of Louisiana in COB 405, Page 221.21
The above described property was acquired by the state by act of cash sale on22
September 26, 1963 and of record in COB 1728, Folio 455 of the conveyance23
records of the Clerk and Recorder of East Baton Rouge Parish."24
Section 3. The board of supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural25
and Mechanical College and the commissioner of administration may convey the above26
property to the East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority, in exchange of consideration27
proportionate to the appraised value of the property. The board of supervisors of Louisiana28
State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and the commissioner of29 SB NO. 154
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administration are hereby authorized and directed to enter into such agreements, covenants,1
conditions, and stipulations and to execute such documents as necessary to properly2
effectuate any conveyance, transfer, assignment, or delivery of title, excluding mineral3
rights, to the property described in Section (3), and as more specifically described in any4
such agreements entered into and documents executed by and between the board of5
supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and the6
commissioner of administration and the East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority, in7
exchange of consideration proportionate to at least the appraised value of the properties.8
Section 4. The provisions of this Act shall supersede and control to the extent of any9
conflict with any other provision of law.10
Section 5. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not11
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature12
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If13
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become14
effective on the day following such approval.15
The original instrument was prepared by McHenry Lee. The following
digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was
prepared by Nancy Vicknair.
DIGEST
Murray (SB 154)
Authorizes the state to enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement with BioDistrict New
Orleans providing for use of the Louisiana State Supreme Court site and state office building
site located at 325 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Requires that the provisions of proposed law supersede and control to the extent of any
conflict with any other provision of law.
Provides that the board of supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and
Mechanical College, and the commissioner of administration, on behalf of the state,
notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, are authorized, empowered, and
directed to convey, transfer, assign, and deliver any interest, excluding mineral rights, the
state may have to the former site of Earl K. Long Medical Center to the East Baton Rouge
Parish Housing Authority in exchange of consideration proportionate to the appraised value
of the property.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action. SB NO. 154
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Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill
1. Make technical changes.
2. Require that the provisions of proposed law supersede and control to the
extent of any conflict with any other provision of law.
3. Authorizes the state to transfer the former site of Earl K. Long Medical
Center to the East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority in exchange of
consideration proportionate to the appraised value of the property.