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2018 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 157
BY SENATOR LAMBERT
PUBLIC LANDS. Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Ascension Parish.
(gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To authorize and provide for the transfer of certain state property; to authorize the transfer
3 of certain state property in Ascension Parish; to provide for the property description;
4 to provide for reservation of mineral rights; to provide terms and conditions; to
5 provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. The commissioner of administration, notwithstanding any other
8 provision of law to the contrary, is hereby authorized and empowered to convey,
9 transfer, assign, lease or deliver any interest, excluding mineral rights, the state may
10 have to all or any portion of the following described parcel of property to the board of
11 commissioners of the Pontchartrain Levee District:
12 The Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW/4 of NW/4) Section 8,
13 Township 9 South, Range 4 East, Ascension Parish, LA. containing
14 approximately 40 acres, more or less.
15 Section 2. The commissioner of administration is hereby authorized to enter
16 into such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and to execute such
17 documents as necessary to properly effectuate any conveyance, transfer, assignment,
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1 lease or delivery of title, excluding mineral rights, to the property described in
2 Section 1, and as more specifically described in any such agreements entered into and
3 documents executed by and between the commissioner of administration and the board
4 of commissioners of the Pontchartrain Levee District, in exchange of consideration
5 proportionate to at least the appraised value of the property.
6 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
7 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
8 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
9 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
10 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 McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
SB 157 Original 2018 Regular Session Lambert
Authorizes the commissioner of administration to transfer certain state property in Ascension
Parish to the board of commissioners of the Pontchartrain Levee District.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.