ENROLLED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 538
BY REPRESENTATIVE BOYER
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 St. Martin Parish; to provide for property descriptions; to
4 provide for the reservation of mineral rights; to provide terms and conditions; to
5 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, through the office of state lands,
8 notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, is hereby authorized and
9 empowered to convey, transfer, assign, lease, or deliver any interest, excluding mineral
10 rights, the state may have in and to all or any portion of the following described property in
11 St. Martin Parish to Michael Marks:
12 A parcel of land situated in Section 11, Township 9 South, Range 7 East, St. Martin
13 Parish, comprised of approximately 0.101 acres, bounded on the North by property
14 owned by Michael Marks & Phyllis Dwyer Marks and bounded on the South by
15 approximately 0.101 acres of property owned now or formerly by the State.
16 Section 2. The commissioner of administration, through the office of state lands, is
17 hereby authorized to enter into such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and
18 to execute such documents as necessary to properly effectuate any conveyance, transfer,
19 assignment, lease, or delivery of any interest, excluding mineral rights, to the property
20 described in Section 1 of this Act, and as more specifically described in any such agreements
21 entered into and documents executed by and between the commissioner of administration
22 and Michael Marks, in exchange for consideration proportionate to the appraised value of
23 the property.
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1 Section 3. The commissioner of administration, through the office of state lands,
2 notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, is hereby authorized and
3 empowered to convey, transfer, assign, lease, or deliver any interest, excluding mineral
4 rights, the state may have in and to all or any portion of the following described property in
5 St. Martin Parish to Scott Christopher Noel:
6 A parcel of land situated in Section 11, Township 9 South, Range 7 East, St. Martin
7 Parish, comprised of approximately 0.101 acres, bounded on the North by
8 approximately 0.101 acres of property owned now or formerly by the State and
9 bounded on the Southeast by property owned by Scott Christopher Noel & Racheal
10 G. Noel.
11 Section 4. The commissioner of administration, through the office of state lands, is
12 hereby authorized to enter into such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and
13 to execute such documents as necessary to properly effectuate any conveyance, transfer,
14 assignment, lease, or delivery of any interest, excluding mineral rights, to the property
15 described in Section 3 of this Act, and as more specifically described in any such agreements
16 entered into and documents executed by and between the commissioner of administration
17 and Scott Christopher Noel, in exchange for consideration proportionate to the appraised
18 value of the property.
19 Section 5. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
20 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
21 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
22 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
23 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
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