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2017 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 125
BY SENATOR THOMPSON
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
PUBLIC LANDS. Authorizes the sale of certain property in Tensas Parish. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To authorize and provide for the transfer of certain state property; to provide for the transfer
3 of state property in Tensas Parish; to provide for the property description; to provide
4 for reservation of mineral rights; to provide terms, conditions, and requirements; and
5 to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. The president of Louisiana State University Agricultural and
8 Mechanical College and the commissioner of administration, notwithstanding any
9 other provision of law to the contrary, are hereby authorized and empowered to
10 convey, transfer, assign, lease, or deliver any interest, excluding mineral rights, the
11 state may have to all or any portion of the following described parcel of property,
12 including improvements, to the parish governing authority of Tensas Parish:
13 A 150.23 acre tract of land situated in Section 7, Township 11 North, Range 12
14 East in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, being more particularly described as follows,
15 to-wit:
16 Beginning at the Northwest corner of Section 7 of T 11 N - R 12
17 E, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and thence run S 40° 25' E 3,881.15
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1 feet along the line common to Sections 7 and 8 (Deed bearing is
2 S 40° E) to the East right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway
3 No. 604 and being 30 feet from the centerline; thence turn and
4 follow the east and south right-of way line of said highway as
5 follows: N 51° 41' E 107.13 feet to a point (Deed call is N 51° 38'
6 E 103.7 feet); N 59° 09' E 355.4 feet to the P. C. of a curve; thence
7 run around the inside of a curve to the right with a radius of
8 53.26 feet an arc distance of 54.64 feet to the P. T. (the chord is N
9 88° 33' E 52.28 feet); thence S 62° 04' E 131.0 feet to an iron pipe
10 that is 30 feet from the centerline of said highway; thence turn
11 and run S 20° 28' W 625.55 feet to an iron pipe in the line
12 common to Sections 7 and 8 of T 11 N - R 12 E and being at the
13 Southern corner of that certain 4.11 acre tract of land retained
14 by the Estate of S. Z. Olds in the sale to Kenneth O. Doty, et al.,
15 as shown by deed dated November 2, 1966; thence turn and run
16 S 40° 25' E 4,875.35 feet along the line common to Sections 7 and
17 8 (Deed bearing is S 40° E) to the top bank of the Mississippi
18 River on February 4, 1976; thence turn and run N 15° 58' E 1,130
19 ± feet along the top bank of the Mississippi River to the line
20 common to Sections 6 and 7; thence turn and run N 40° 25' W
21 3,560 feet along the line common to Sections 6 and 7 (Deed
22 bearing is N 40° W) to the South and/or West right-of-way line of
23 Louisiana State Highway no. 604 and being 30 feet from the
24 centerline; thence turn and run N 62° 04' W along the South or
25 West right-of-way line of said highway 621.52 feet to an iron pipe
26 that is S 11° W from the southwest corner of that certain tract of
27 land sold to Willie A. Womack as shown by deed recorded in
28 conveyance Book 9, page 724 of the Records of Tensas Parish,
29 Louisiana; thence turn and run N 11° E across the Highway and
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1 293.34 feet to an iron pipe at the northwest corner of the said
2 Willie A. Womack property and in the line common to Sections
3 6 and 7; thence turn and run N 40° 25' W 808.02 feet along the
4 line common to Sections 6 and 7 (Deed bearing is N 40° W) to an
5 iron pipe at the intersection with the South line of Lot "A" of the
6 Chetwynda Plantation as shown by plat thereof recorded in
7 Notarial Records Book :BB:, Page 475 of the Records of Tensas
8 Parish, Louisiana; then turn and run S 64° W 456.06 feet along
9 the South line of said Lot "A" to iron pipe at the Southwest
10 corner of said Lot "A"; thence turn and run N 41° W 2,970.0 feet
11 along the West line of lot "A" to the corner common to Lots "A"
12 and "B" of said Chetwynde Plantation; thence turn and run N
13 49° 15' W along the West line of said Lot "B" 337.54 feet to the
14 intersection with the line common to Sections 7 and 36 of T 11 N
15 - R 12 E; thence turn and run S 64° W 430.89 feet along the line
16 common to Sections 7 and 36 to The Point of Beginning. The
17 above described tract of land containing 150.23 Acres, more or
18 less, and being shown by heavy outline on the plat of survey made
19 by Frank L. Messinger, Registered Surveyor, a copy of which
20 plat is attached hereto and made a part hereof, and paraphed
21 "Ne Varietur" for identification with this act; and said tract
22 herein conveyed being situated in Section 7 of T 11 N - R 12 E,
23 Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and being a portion of that certain
24 property acquired by S. Z. Olds from Margaret Ashford by deed
25 dated August 14, 1945, recorded August 20, 1945, in Notarial
26 Records Book "KK", Page 560 of the Records of Tensas Parish,
27 Louisiana, and being the same property acquired by Kenneth O.
28 Doty, et als, from the S. Z. Olds, Estate by deed dated November
29 2, 1966 and recorded in Conveyance Book 15, Page 455, of the
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1 Records of Tensas Parish, Louisiana.
2 Section 2. The president of Louisiana State University Agricultural and
3 Mechanical College and the commissioner of administration, are hereby authorized to
4 enter into such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and to execute such
5 documents as necessary to properly effectuate any conveyance, transfer, assignment,
6 lease, or delivery of title, excluding mineral rights, to the property, including
7 improvements, described in Section 1, and as more specifically described in any such
8 agreements entered into and documents executed by and between the president of
9 Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College, the commissioner of
10 administration, and the parish governing authority of Tensas Parish, in exchange of
11 consideration proportionate to at least the appraised value of the property. In the event
12 that the agreement authorized by this Section is not entered into on or before
13 December 31, 2019, the authorization to convey, transfer, assign, lease, or deliver any
14 interest in that property pursuant to this Act shall terminate and be null and void on
15 that date and thereafter.
16 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
17 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
18 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
19 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
20 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SB 125 Engrossed 2017 Regular Session Thompson
Authorizes the transfer of a certain tract of land in Tensas Parish.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
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