ENROLLED
ACT No. 72
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 184
BY REPRESENTATIVES VILLIO AND STAGNI AND SENATOR SMITH
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 the city of Kenner, in Jefferson Parish; to provide for the
4 property description; to provide for reservation of mineral rights; to provide terms
5 and conditions; to 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 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, once released from the lease with the city of Kenner, in Jefferson Parish, or any
11 property adjacent thereto, to the responsible offeror selected through a request for proposal
12 developed and issued by the city of Kenner, in Jefferson Parish:
13 A parcel of state owned water bottom located on the south shore of
14 Lake Pontchartrain located north of the city of Kenner being the area known
15 as Laketown, more specifically shown on plat of State Lease #1298,
16 containing approximately 40 acres, less area being leased to Treasure Chest
17 Casino.
18 Section 2. The commissioner of administration is hereby authorized to enter into
19 such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and to execute such documents as
20 necessary to properly effectuate any lease, excluding mineral rights, with a term not to
21 exceed ninety-nine years to the property described in Section 1 of this Act, and as more
22 specifically described in any such agreements entered into and documents executed by the
23 commissioner of administration in exchange for consideration proportionate to the appraised
24 value of the property.
25 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
26 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
27 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
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1 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
2 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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