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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 200
BY REPRESENTATIVE LORUSSO
PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Urges and requests the state land office to amend the lease of state
property in Bucktown with Jefferson Parish
A RESOLUTION1
To urge and request the state land office, division of administration, to amend the lease for2
the Bucktown Marina with the governing authority of Jefferson Parish to conform3
to the provisions of the Act which originated as House Bill No. 254 of this 20144
Regular Session of the Legislature.5
WHEREAS, the Bucktown Marina was constructed after Hurricane Katrina and was6
officially open to the public January of 2012; the marina includes seventy boat slips and7
many amenities, such as lake access, a paved entrance and parking, landscaping, decorative8
lighting, a promenade walkway, and benches; and9
WHEREAS, the marina is located on state water bottoms, the parish entered into a10
lease with the state land office that required the parish to follow state laws in effect at the11
time for any subleases, including those for boat slips, which require the parish to publicly12
advertise the proposed sublease, solicit bidders, and award the sublease to the highest bidder;13
and14
WHEREAS, many of the boat slips remain unleased partially due to the cumbersome15
sublease process; and16
WHEREAS, House Bill No. 254 of the 2014 Regular Session of the Legislature was17
finally passed, an act that provided that subleases of boat slips at the Bucktown Marina in18
Jefferson Parish are on a first-come, first-served basis for fair market value as determined19
by an appraiser, and that the rates for and availability of such slips shall be published in the20
official journal of the parish.21 HLS 14RS-5832 ORIGINAL
HR NO. 200
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the1
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the state land office, division of2
administration, to amend the lease for the Bucktown Marina with governing authority of3
Jefferson Parish to conform to the provisions of the Act which originated as House Bill No.4
254 of this 2014 Regular Session of the Legislature.5
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)]
Lorusso HR No. 200
Urges and requests the state land office to amend the lease for the Bucktown Marina with
Jefferson Parish.