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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 1081
BY REPRESENTATIVE STUART BISHOP
PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Provides for the authority to transfer or lease certain state property
in Lafayette Parish
AN ACT1
To authorize and provide for the transfer of certain state property; to authorize the transfer2
of certain state property in Lafayette; to provide for the property description; to3
provide for reservation of mineral rights; to provide terms and conditions; to provide4
an effective date; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. The president of the University of Louisiana System on behalf of the state7
of Louisiana, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, is hereby8
authorized and empowered to convey, sell, transfer, assign, lease, or deliver any and all9
interest, excluding mineral rights, the state may have to the following described property to10
any governmental entity or corporation:11
That certain tract or parcel of land, together with all buildings and12
improvements and the component parts thereof, with all rights, ways, privileges and13
servitudes thereunto appertaining, situated in Section 102, Township 8 South, Range14
4 East of the Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana, bounded on the North by15
property of Nita Gilbert or assigns, East by U.S. Highway 167, South by property of16
Walter Domingue or assigns, and West by property of Howard Thibodeaux or17
assigns. The property is more particularly described on that certain plat of survey18
dated January 21, 1971, prepared by Fred L. Colomb, depicting the property of Ray19
Gilbert of 3.72 acres, more or less, attached to act recorded under Entry No. 56935620
of the records of the Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court's Office.21 HLS 14RS-2124 ENGROSSED
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Section 2. The president of the University of Louisiana System, on behalf of the1
state of Louisiana, is hereby authorized to enter into such agreements, covenants, conditions,2
and stipulations and to execute such documents as are necessary to properly effectuate any3
conveyance, sale, transfer, assignment, or lease and delivery of title to the real property4
described in Section 1 herein, excluding, however, mineral rights, all of which as may be5
more specifically described in any such agreements entered into and documents executed6
by and between the president of the University of Louisiana System and any governmental7
entity or corporation, in exchange of consideration proportionate to the appraised value of8
the real property above described.9
Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not10
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature11
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If12
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become13
effective on the day following such approval.14
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)]
Stuart Bishop HB No. 1081
Authorizes the transfer, sale, exchange, or lease of certain state real property in Lafayette
Parish to any governmental entity or corporation. Provides for the reservation of mineral
rights to the state.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.