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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 144
BY REPRESENTATIVE THIBAUT
PUBLIC LANDS/SCHOOLS: Authorizes the West Baton Rouge Parish School Board to
exchange immovable property including sixteenth section lands
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 41:907, relative to the exchange of school lands; to authorize West Baton2
Rouge Parish School Board to exchange certain school lands, including sixteenth3
section lands; to provide procedures for such exchange; to provide for the reservation4
of mineral rights; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 41:907 is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง907. West Baton Rouge Parish School Board; exchange of sixteenth section lands8
A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if the West Baton Rouge9
Parish School Board, on behalf of the state of Louisiana, determines that any school10
lands, including but not limited to sixteenth section lands, school indemnity lands,11
or other immovable property located in West Baton Rouge Parish and as more12
specifically described in any agreements entered into and documents executed by the13
West Baton Rouge Parish School Board, are no longer needed for school purposes14
and that the best interest of the West Baton Rouge Parish school system would be15
served by the exchange of such land for other land of at least comparable value, the16
school board may exchange such land for other land in West Baton Rouge Parish in17
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section.18 HLS 14RS-616 ENGROSSED
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B. The West Baton Rouge Parish School Board shall obtain an appraisal of1
the lands to be exchanged from a certified, licensed appraiser and such appraisal2
shall be available for public inspection.3
C. The land to be received by the West Baton Rouge Parish School Board4
shall be of equal or greater value than the land that the West Baton Rouge Parish5
School Board is to relinquish or exchange.6
D. The West Baton Rouge Parish School Board shall reserve to the state all7
of the mineral rights and minerals in accordance with law. The other party in an8
exchange may reserve its mineral rights and minerals subject to the terms of any9
agreement entered into with the school board.10
E. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to any Section 16 lands11
situated within West Baton Rouge Parish, including but not limited to exchanges of12
part or all of Section 16, Township 6 South, Range 11 East of West Baton Rouge13
Parish, less and except the Southwest corner of the Section 16 forming a tract14
approximately 600 feet frontage on Section Road and approximately 2,000 feet15
fronting on Rougon Road, and Section 16, Township 7 South, Range 12 East,16
commonly known as the "Leininger Tract".17
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)]
Thibaut HB No. 144
Abstract: Authorizes the exchange of 16th section and other land by the West Baton Rouge
Parish School Board and provides for the reservation of mineral rights by the state.
Proposed law authorizes the West Baton Rouge Parish School Board to exchange any school
lands, including 16th section lands, indemnity lands, or other immovable property for other
land in West Baton Rouge Parish. Requires the school board to obtain an appraisal of the
lands and requires that such appraisal be available for public inspection. Requires that the
land to be received by the school board be of equal or greater value than the exchanged land.
Provides that the school board shall reserve all mineral rights to the state.
(Adds R.S. 41:907)