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ACT No. 165
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 350
BY REPRESENTATIVE GEYMANN
1 AN ACT
2 To authorize and provide for the transfer of certain state property; to authorize the exchange
3 of certain property in Calcasieu Parish; to authorize the transfer of certain state
4 property in St. Tammany Parish; to provide property descriptions; to provide for the
5 reservation of mineral rights; to provide terms and conditions; to provide for an
6 effective date; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. The commissioner of administration and the president of McNeese State
9 University, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, are hereby authorized
10 and empowered to convey, transfer, assign, lease, or deliver any interest, excluding mineral
11 rights, the state may have in and to all or any portion of the following described property in
12 Calcasieu Parish to the City of Lake Charles in exchange for the property described in
13 Section 2 of this Act:
14 The Northeast quarter, the East half of the East half of the Northwest quarter, and the
15 North half of the Southwest quarter of Section 22, Township 10 South, Range 8
16 West, Calcasieu Parish
17 Section 2. In exchange for the property described in Section 1 of this Act, the
18 commissioner of administration and the president of McNeese State University are hereby
19 authorized and empowered to accept from the City of Lake Charles title to all or any portion
20 of the following described property:
21 City of Lake Charles Fire Station, Lots 1, 2 and 3 of Block 1 of Gulfgate
22 Subdivision, less and except Highway Parcel 23-1, City of Lake Charles, Parish of
23 Calcasieu
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1 Section 3. The commissioner of administration and the president of McNeese State
2 University are hereby authorized to enter into such agreements, covenants, conditions, and
3 stipulations and to execute such documents as may be necessary to properly effectuate any
4 conveyance, transfer, assignment, lease, or delivery of title, excluding mineral rights, of the
5 property described in Section 1 of this Act, and as more specifically described in any such
6 agreements entered into and documents executed by and between the parties, provided that
7 the state receives consideration proportionate to the appraised value of any state property
8 exchanged.
9 Section 4. The commissioner of administration and the secretary of the Department
10 of Transportation and Development, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
11 contrary, are hereby authorized and empowered to convey, transfer, assign, lease, or deliver
12 any interest, excluding mineral rights, the state may have in and to all or any portion of the
13 following described property in St. Tammany Parish to the St. Tammany Parish
14 Government:
15 That certain parcel of land owned by Louisiana Department of Transportation &
16 Development (LADOTD) Two certain pieces or portions of ground, together with
17 all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages and appertenances thereunto
18 belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in Section No. 42, Township 6 South,
19 Range 11 East, Greensburg District, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, being fractional
20 Lot No. 69 and Lot No. 70 of the Town of New Claiborne, which pieces or portions
21 of ground are more particularly described as follows:
22 Beginning at the northwest corner of aforesaid Lot No. 69, as shown on plan of
23 survey made by C.R. Schutz, Surveyor, dated April 6
th
, 1939, part hereof, which
24 corner marks the intersection of the south line of the Covington - Abita Springs
25 Highway with the east line of an unnamed street, sometimes referred to as Thirteenth
26 Street; run thence southerly along the west line of said Lots Nos. 69 and 70, a
27 distance of 488.5 feet to the southwest corner of said Lot No. 70; thence easterly
28 along the south line of said Lot No. 70, a distance of 240 feet to the southeast corner
29 thereof; thence northerly along the east line of said Lot Nos. 70 and 69, a distance
30 of 376.5 feet to the southeast corner of that certain lot or portion of ground conveyed
31 by the vendor herein to Josephine Henley by Act of Sale, dated June 7, 1902,
32 recorded in Book "Y", Folio 533, of the Conveyance Records of St. Tammany
33 Parish; run thence westerly along the south line of the said lot conveyed to Josephine
34 Henley, a distance of 121.1 feet to a point in the south line of the Covington - Abita
35 Springs Highway; thence westerly along the south line of said Covington - Abita
36 Springs Highway, a distance of 180.3 feet to the place of beginning.
37 Being a portion of that same property acquired by the Covington & St. Tammany
38 Land & Improvement Company from James McFarland Thomson by Act of Sale
39 passed before Andrew Hero, Jr., Notary Public in and for the Parish of Orleans, dated
40 December 9th 1887, and recorded in Book "M", Folio 559 of the Conveyance
41 Records of St. Tammany Parish.
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1 Section 5. The commissioner of administration and the secretary of the Department
2 of Transportation and Development are hereby authorized to enter into such agreements,
3 covenants, conditions, and stipulations and to execute such documents as may be necessary
4 to properly effectuate any conveyance, transfer, assignment, lease or delivery of title,
5 excluding mineral rights, to the property described in Section 4 of this Act, and as more
6 specifically described in any such agreements entered into and documents executed by and
7 between the commissioner of administration, the secretary of the Department of
8 Transportation and Development, and the St. Tammany Parish Government, in exchange for
9 consideration proportionate to the appraised value of the property.
10 Section 6. The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and the
11 commissioner of administration, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
12 are hereby authorized and empowered to convey, transfer, assign, lease, or deliver any
13 interest, excluding mineral rights, the state may have to all or any portion of the following
14 described parcel of property to the St. Tammany Parish School Board:
15 All the certain lot or parcel of land situated in the Town of Mandeville in the Parish
16 of St. Tammany, State of Louisiana, described as part of Lot No. One (1), Square
17 Fifty-nine (59) of said Town of Mandeville, measuring sixty two and one-half (62
18 ½) feet fronting on Livingston Street by a depth of one hundred and twenty (120)
19 feet, being a portion of the same lands acquired by William B. Lancaster from Mrs.
20 Maggie Prieto, wife of lawful age of John Cuni, as per deed recorded in Conveyance
21 Book 55, Page 299 of the official records of the Parish of St. Tammany; and the
22 same parcel of land as was identified in the Amended Proces Verbal of Tax Sale
23 dated February 7, 2023, and filed as Instrument No. 2361929 in the official records
24 of the St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court.
25 Section 7. The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and the
26 commissioner of administration are hereby authorized to enter into such agreements,
27 covenants, conditions, and stipulations and to execute such documents as necessary to
28 properly effectuate any conveyance, transfer, assignment, lease, or delivery of title,
29 excluding mineral rights, to the property described in Section 6 of this Act, and as more
30 specifically described in any such agreements entered into and documents executed by and
31 between the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and the commissioner of
32 administration and to the St. Tammany Parish School Board, in exchange of consideration
33 proportionate to the appraised value of the property.
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1 Section 8. 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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