ENROLLED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 206
BY REPRESENTATIVE HILFERTY AND SENATORS APPEL, ALLAIN, AND
TARVER
1 AN ACT
2 To authorize and provide for the lease of certain state property; to authorize the lease of
3 certain state property in Orleans Parish and Jefferson Parish; to provide for the
4 property description; to provide for reservation of mineral rights; to provide terms
5 and conditions; to provide for 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 provision
8 of law to the contrary, is hereby authorized and empowered to lease any interest, excluding
9 mineral rights, the state may have to all or any portion of the following described parcel of
10 property to the responsible offerer selected through a request for proposal developed and
11 issued pursuant to a cooperative endeavor agreement between the state, Orleans Parish, and
12 Jefferson Parish:
13 A parcel of state owned water bottom located on the south shore of Lake
14 Pontchartrain on or adjacent to the boundary of Orleans Parish and Jefferson Parish.
15 Section 2. The commissioner of administration is hereby authorized to enter into
16 such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and to execute such documents as
17 necessary to properly effectuate any lease, excluding mineral rights, to the property
18 described in Section 1 of this Act, and as more specifically described in any such agreements
19 entered into and documents executed by and between the commissioner of administration
20 and the selected responsible offerer for a term not to exceed ninety-nine years, in exchange
21 for consideration proportionate to the appraised value of the property. The provisions of this
22 Act shall apply to more than one responsible offerer if the cooperative endeavor agreement
23 provides for dividing the property described in Section 1 into multiple leases.
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1 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
2 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
3 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
4 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
5 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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