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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE BILL NO. 170
BY SENATOR DONAHUE
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
PUBLIC LANDS. Authorizes and provides for the transfer of certain state property in St.
Tammany Parish. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To authorize and provide for the transfer of certain state property; to provide for the transfer2
of state property in St. Tammany Parish; to provide for the property description; to3
provide for reservation of mineral rights; to provide terms, conditions, and4
requirements; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. The secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals, and the7
commissioner of administration, on behalf of the state, notwithstanding any other8
provision of law to the contrary, are hereby authorized and empowered to convey,9
transfer, assign, and deliver any interest, excluding mineral rights, the state may have10
to all or any portion of unimproved or improved land included in any of the following11
described parcels of property to the parish governing authority of St. Tammany:12
Parcel No. 113
A parcel of land, together with all improvements thereon, lying partly in14
Sections 37, 42 and 43, Township 8 South, Range 12 West, Greensburg District,15
Parish of St. Tammany, Louisiana, beginning at a point on the left bank of16
Bayou Castin 40 feet North of the center line of U.S. Highway 190; thence along17 SB NO. 170
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the North right of way line of said highway S 65 degrees 30 minutes E 3540 feet1
to a point of beginning; thence a forward left angle of 79 degrees 40 minutes N2
34 degrees 50 minutes E 2800 feet; thence forward left angle of 64 degrees 503
minutes, N 30 degrees W 3600 feet to the left bank of Bayou Castin; thence4
following the meanderings of said bayou on its left bank upstream to the5
intersection of said bayou with the East boundary line of Section 43, Township6
8, Range 12 E; thence S 24 degrees E. 112.72 chains; thence N 49 degrees 057
minutes E. 61.00 chains; thence N 48 degrees 30 minutes E 43.66 chains; thence8
N 48 degrees 45 minutes E 31.12 chains; thence S 40 degrees 54 minutes E. 58.039
chains; thence S 49 degrees 06 minutes W 71.24 chains; thence S 48 degrees 4510
minutes W 51.11 chains to the intersection of the North boundary line Section11
21 with the North boundary line of Section 48, Township 8 S, Range 12 E;12
thence Northwest along the North boundary line of said Section 48, to the right13
bank of Cane Bayou; thence in a southerly direction along the right bank of said14
Cane Bayou following the meanderings thereof to a point 40 feet North of the15
center of U.S. paved highway 190; thence in a northwesterly direction along the16
North side of said highway a distance of approximately 8250 feet to the point of17
beginning.18
Parcel No. 219
A parcel of land, together with all improvements thereon, beginning at a point20
on the left bank of Bayou Castin 40 feet North of the center line of U.S. Highway21
No. 190 thence along the North right of way line of said highway S. 65 degrees22
30 minutes 3540 feet to the Southeast corner of property, thence a forward left23
angle of 79 degrees 40 minutes, N 34 degrees 50 minutes E 2800 feet, thence24
forward left angle of 64 degrees 50 minutes, N 30 degrees W 3600 feet to the left25
bank of Bayou Castin, thence following the meanderings of said Bayou, on its26
left bank, downstream, to the place of beginning and containing 300 acres more27
or less, and is part of sections 37-43 and 47, Township 8 South, Range 12 East,28
Greensburg District, Louisiana, Parish of St. Tammany, together with all29 SB NO. 170
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buildings and improvement thereon.1
Parcel No. 32
A parcel of land, together with all improvements thereon, within the above3
described property more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at4
a point on the left bank of Bayou Castin forty (40) feet North of the center line5
of U.S. Highway 190; thence along the North right of way line of said Highway6
S. 65 degrees 30 minutes E 5440 feet to a point on the East boundary of Main7
Drive right of way, thence North 1550 feet to a point which is the point of8
beginning. From the said point of beginning follow the easterly boundary of the9
Main Drive right of way line a distance of 1600 feet to a point, thence East 4510
degrees South a distance of 500 feet to a point; thence South 45 degrees West a11
distance of 600 feet to a point; thence North 45 degrees West a distance of 40012
feet to a point; thence proceed 1000 feet in a southwest direction on a line13
parallel to Main Drive to a point which is the northwest corner of the existing14
lift station, thence northwest a distance of 100 feet to the point of beginning, all15
as shown on the Louisiana State Department of Hospitals map dated June 13,16
1968, being Plan 808, and all as per a legal description certified by J. Ben17
Meyer, Jr., P. E.18
Section 2. The secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals, and the19
commissioner of administration may convey all or any portion of the above parcels of20
property to the parish governing authority of St. Tammany, in exchange of21
consideration proportionate to the appraised value of the property. The secretary of22
the Department of Health and Hospitals and the commissioner of administration are23
hereby authorized to enter into such agreements, covenants, conditions, and24
stipulations and to execute such documents as necessary to properly effectuate any25
conveyance, transfer, assignment, or delivery of title, excluding mineral rights, to the26
properties described in Section (1), and as more specifically described in any such27
agreements entered into and documents executed by and between the secretary of the28
Department of Health and Hospitals and the commissioner of administration and the29 SB NO. 170
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parish governing authority of St. Tammany, in exchange of consideration1
proportionate to at least the appraised value of the properties.2
Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not3
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature4
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If5
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become6
effective on the day following such approval.7
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
Donahue (SB 170)
Authorizes the transfer for certain state properties in St. Tammany Parish.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.