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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 361
BY REPRESENTATIVE JONES
PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Provides for the authority to transfer or lease certain state property
in St. Mary Parish
AN ACT1
To authorize and provide for the transfer of certain state property; to authorize the transfer2
of certain state property in St. Mary Parish; to provide for the property description;3
to provide for reservation of mineral rights; to provide terms and conditions; to4
provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. The commissioner of administration, notwithstanding any other provision7
of law to the contrary, is hereby authorized and empowered to convey, transfer, assign, lease8
or deliver any interest, excluding mineral rights, the state may have to all or any portion of9
the following described parcel of property to Lawrence Toups, Gloria Toups, Perry Toups,10
and Erin Toups:11
Property acquired by the State through that certain tax sale for nonpayment of 194212
taxes assessed in the name of MRS. SIDNEY D. HANSON, recorded on June 26,13
1943, in Book 6-I Page 340 Entry No. 70080, described as "Lot Street, Road,14
Robertson, Smith." Said property being more fully described as "Lot 11 of the D.15
C. Roberts Addition to the Town of Berwick, Louisiana".16
Section 2. The commissioner of administration is hereby authorized to enter into17
such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and to execute such documents as18
necessary to properly effectuate any conveyance, transfer, assignment, lease or delivery of19
title, excluding mineral rights, to the property described in Section 1 of this Act, and as more20
specifically described in any such agreements entered into and documents executed by and21 HLS 14RS-675 ORIGINAL
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between the commissioner of administration and Lawrence Toups, Gloria Toups, Perry1
Toups, and Erin Toups, in exchange of consideration proportionate to the appraised value2
of the property.3
Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not4
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature5
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If6
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become7
effective on the day following such approval.8
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)]
Jones HB No. 361
Authorizes the transfer or lease of certain state property in St. Mary Parish from the division
of administration to Lawrence Toups, Gloria Toups, Perry Toups, and Erin Toups. Provides
for the reservation of mineral rights to the state.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.