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