ENROLLED
ACT No. 48
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 97
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHANEY
AN ACT
To authorize and provide for the transfer of certain state property; to authorize the transfer
of certain state property in Richland Parish; to provide for the property description;
to provide for reservation of mineral rights; to provide terms and conditions; to
provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
Section 1. The commissioner of administration, notwithstanding any other provision
of law to the contrary, is hereby authorized and empowered to convey, transfer, assign, lease
or deliver any interest, excluding mineral rights, the state may have to all or any portion of
the following described parcel of property to Gerald L. Brown and Jacquelyn Brown:
Property acquired by the State through that certain tax sale for nonpayment
of 1936 taxes assessed in the name of A. L. Price, recorded on December 7, 1937,
in Book 85 Page 56 et seq, described as a 5 acre tract situated in the northwest corner
of the southeast quarter of Section 15, Township 15 North Range 6 East, being part
of the Leroy Colman Estate, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning
at point "A" an iron pipe marking the center of Section 15, Township 15 North
Range 6 East, thence East 460' to point "B" an iron pipe; thence South 473.478' to
Point "C" an iron pipe; thence West 460' to point "D" an iron pipe in the fence;
thence North 473.478' to point of beginning.
Section 2. The commissioner of administration is hereby authorized to enter into
such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and to execute such documents as
necessary to properly effectuate any conveyance, transfer, assignment, lease or delivery of
title, excluding mineral rights, to the property described in Section 1 of this Act, and as more
specifically described in any such agreements entered into and documents executed by and
between the commissioner of administration and Gerald L. Brown and Jacquelyn Brown, in
exchange of consideration proportionate to the appraised value of the property. In the event
that the agreement authorized by this Section is not entered into on or before December 31,
2018, the authorization to convey, transfer, assign, lease, or deliver any interest in that
property pursuant to this Act shall terminate and be null and void on that date and thereafter.
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Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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