ENROLLED
ACT No. 85
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 461
BY REPRESENTATIVE ZERINGUE
1 AN ACT
2 To authorize and provide for the exchange of certain state property; to authorize the
3 commissioner of administration and the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and
4 Fisheries to exchange certain state property in St. Mary Parish and West Feliciana
5 Parish with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for property located in
6 Terrebonne Parish; to provide for the property descriptions; to provide for
7 reservation of mineral rights; to provide for terms and conditions; to provide an
8 effective date; and to provide for related matters.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. The commissioner of administration and the secretary of the Department
11 of Wildlife and Fisheries, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, are
12 hereby authorized and empowered to convey, transfer, assign, lease, or deliver any interest,
13 excluding mineral rights, the state may have to all or any portion of the following described
14 parcels of property to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service:
15 A certain tract or parcel of land, together with all of the buildings and
16 improvements thereon, situated in Section 33, T13S, R10E, SWD, Parish of
17 St. Mary, State of Louisiana and Being more particularly described as
18 follows:
19 Commence at the northwest point of said tract being NAD 1983 CORS96
20 State Plane Louisiana South coordinates X=3242147.16 Y=500937.07 thence
21 run in a easterly direction on a bearing of N 84º10'57" E a distance of 228.97'
22 to the northeast corner located at State Plane coordinates
23 X=3242374.96,Y=500960.28, thence in a southerly direction on a bearing of
24 S 02º11'36" E a distance of 140.78' to the southeast corner located at State
25 Plane coordinates X= 3242380.35, Y=500819.60, thence in a westerly
26 direction on a bearing of S 85º58'36" W a distance of 226.09' to to the
27 southwest corner located at State Plane coordinates X=3242154.82,
28 Y=500803.74, thence in a northerly direction on a bearing N 03º17'03" W a
29 distance of 133.55' to the point of beginning, said tract comprising of the
30 north 0.7 acres of the 3.0 acre tract being more particularly described on plat
31 entitled "Proposed Site Headquarters Attakapas Island Outdoor Recreation
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1 Area" prepared by Louisiana Department of Public Works, Baton Rouge,
2 LA. dated Sept. 12, 1975 - File No. LS6-1C.
3 and
4 The fractional west half of Section 7 T3S-R3W of the Parish of West
5 Feliciana, State of Louisiana.
6 Section 2. In exchange for the properties described in Section 1 of this Act, the
7 commissioner of administration and the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and
8 Fisheries are hereby authorized to accept from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
9 title to the following described parcel of property:
10 A certain tract of land situated in Section 66, T 17 S - R 16 E, Terrebonne
11 Parish, Louisiana, containing one (1) acre and being embraced within the
12 points "E-F-G-H-E", as shown on the "Map Showing Property to Be
13 Acquired in Sec. 66, T 17 S - R 16 E, by the Saint Anthony Broadcasting
14 Co., Shown by Letters A, B, C, D, and E, F, G, H, Located within
15 Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana", prepared by the office of T. Baker Smith &
16 Son, Inc., Civil & Consulting Engineers, Houma, Louisiana, approved by
17 Wm. Clifford Smith, C. E., dated February 1, 1971, a copy of which is
18 recorded at Entry Number 401446, Terrebonne Parish, which said tract is
19 more particularly described as follows: Commence at Point E, which said
20 Point E is situated N 74
"
, 15' W, a distance of 885.77 feet from the northwest
21 corner of Section 65, T 17 S - R 17 E, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, as
22 shown and depicted on the said plat, thence S 01
"
38' 25'' E a distance of
23 208.94 feet to Point F, thence S 67
"
05' 35" W a distance of 223.48 feet to
24 Point G, thence N 01
"
38' 25" W a distance of 208.94 feet to Point H, which
25 said Point H is situated on the southern right of way line of Highway 90,
26 thence along the said southern right of way line of Highway 90, N 67
"
05'
27 35" E a distance of 223.48 feet to Point E, the point of beginning, together
28 with all buildings and improvements thereon, as well as all rights, ways,
29 privileges and servitudes and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in
30 anywise appertaining.
31 Section 3. The commissioner of administration and the secretary of the Department
32 of Wildlife and Fisheries are hereby authorized to enter into such agreements, covenants,
33 conditions, and stipulations and to execute such documents as necessary to properly
34 effectuate any conveyance, transfer, assignment, lease, or delivery of title, excluding mineral
35 rights, to the property described in this Act, and as more specifically described in any such
36 agreements entered into and documents executed by and between the commissioner of
37 administration and the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the United
38 States Fish and Wildlife Service, in exchange of consideration proportionate to the appraised
39 value of the property.
40 Section 4. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
41 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
42 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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