HLS 15RS-440 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 694
BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAMSON
PUBLIC PROPERTY: Provides relative to the sale of certain immovable property by and
to the Orleans Parish School Board
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3982(B)(2), relative to property for educational purposes in
3 Orleans Parish; to provide relative to the sale or lease of immovable property that is
4 vacant or slated to be vacant to charter school groups; to provide relative to the buy
5 back option of the Orleans Parish School Board; and to provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
8 Louisiana.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 17:3982(B)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
11 ยง3982. Local school boards; duties; Orleans Parish School Board; immovable
12 property; sale or lease
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14 B.
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16 (2)(a) The Orleans Parish School Board shall make available to chartering
17 groups, for lease or purchase up to fair market value, any school facility or other
18 immovable property, whether improved or unimproved, that is owned by the school
19 board and that is vacant or slated to be vacant. In the case of a Type 1B or a Type 2
20 charter school created as a result of a conversion, the immovable property, including
21 any unimproved property, and all other school board property within the existing
22 school shall be made available to that chartering group. In return for the use of the
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1 facility and its contents, the chartering group shall pay a proportionate share of the
2 local school board's bonded indebtedness to be calculated in the same manner as set
3 forth in R.S. 17:1990(C)(2)(a)(i). If such facilities were constructed at no cost to the
4 local school board, then such facilities including all equipment, books, instructional
5 materials, and furniture within such facilities shall be provided to the charter school
6 at no cost.
7 (b) If a chartering group determines that a facility or property that was
8 purchased from the Orleans Parish School Board pursuant to Subparagraph (a) of this
9 Paragraph is no longer needed for an educational purpose, the group shall first offer
10 to sell the facility or property back to the Orleans Parish School Board prior to
11 seeking to dispose of it to any other person or entity.
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)]
HB 694 Original 2015 Regular Session Abramson
Abstract: Provides for the sale and buy back of immovable property by the Orleans Parish
School Board.
Present law requires that local school boards make available to chartering groups any school
facilities that are vacant or slated to be vacant for lease or purchase up to fair market value.
Relative to the conversion of certain existing schools, present law provides that the facility
and all property within the existing school shall be made available to that chartering group
and in exchange, the chartering group shall pay a proportionate share of the local school
board's bonded indebtedness. If such facilities were constructed at no cost to the local school
board, then such facilities including all equipment, books, instructional materials, and
furniture within such facilities shall be provided to the charter school at no cost. Further
provides that if a chartering group determines that a facility or property that was purchased
from the Orleans Parish School Board is no longer needed for an educational purpose, the
group shall first offer to sell the facility or property back to the Orleans Parish School Board
prior to seeking to dispose of it to any other person or entity.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally provides that:
(1)For Orleans Parish School Board, the requirement that it make available for purchase
or lease any immovable property, that it owns and that is vacant or slated to be
vacant applies to improved and unimproved property.
(2)A chartering group shall offer right of first refusal to the school board to buy back
such purchased property including unimproved property.
(Amends R.S. 17:3982(B)(2))
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