SLS 16RS-142 ENGROSSED
2016 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 30
BY SENATOR JOHN SMITH
PUBLIC LANDS. Authorizes the exchange of land between the Department of Agriculture
and Forestry and the Cooper Cemetery Association in Beauregard Parish. (8/1/16)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Section 2 of Act No. 83 of the 2003 Regular Session of the
3 Legislature, relative to authorizing the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to
4 exchange certain property in Beauregard Parish with the Cooper Cemetery
5 Association; to provide for property descriptions; to provide for terms and
6 descriptions; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. Section 2 of Act No. 83 of the 2003 Regular Session of the Legislature is
9 hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
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11 Section 2. In exchange for the above-described property, the commissioner of
12 agriculture, on behalf of the state of Louisiana and the Department of Agriculture and
13 Forestry, is hereby authorized to accept from the Cooper Cemetery Association title for the
14 following described property consisting of two and eighty-two one hundredths acres in
15 Beauregard Parish:
16 A part of the East ½ of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 36, Township 2 South,
17 Range 11 West, Beauregard Parish, LA., described as follows: Beginning at the
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 30
SLS 16RS-142 ENGROSSED
1 Northwest corner of said E ½ of SE 1/4 ; thence S 89 deg. 12' 04" E - 1320.35 feet
2 to the Northeast corner of said E ½ of SE 1/4; thence S 0 deg. 22' 45" W along the
3 East line of said E ½ of SE 1/4 a distance of 191.81 191.18 feet, S 89 deg. 12' 04"
4 W - 445.59 feet; thence N 13 deg. 00' 12" E - 102.7 feet; thence N 83 deg. 25' 37"
5 W - 902.45 feet to the Point of Beginning, containing 2.82 acres, as per that
6 Certificate of Survey dated April 5, 2000 prepared by Benson W. Sylvest, Jr., P.L.S.,
7 LA. Reg. 4633, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SB 30 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session John Smith
Present law authorizes the transfer between the Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry and the
Copper Cemetery Association of certain property in Beauregard Parish.
Proposed law retains present law, but makes technical changes to the legal description.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Amends Section 2 of Act No. 83 of the 2003 R.S.)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.