2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 41:642 — Sixteenth section lands; erosion; title and revenues

§642.  Sixteenth section lands; erosion; title and revenues

A.  The trustee title of the state of Louisiana to those sixteenth section or indemnity lands granted by Congress to the state of Louisiana as trustee for the benefit of the school children of the township in which such lands are located, shall be transferred to the state of Louisiana in its sovereign capacity when, after the effective date of this Section, such lands become a part of the bed of any body of navigable water as a result of erosion, subsidence of the surface, action of a navigable stream, bay, lake, or the Gulf of Mexico, or other similar occurrence: however, revenues generated by such former lands held in trust shall be credited to the account of the current school fund of the parish having an interest in the sixteenth section or indemnity school lands to ensure the purposes of the original grant, and in accordance with the procedures established herein.

B.  Proof of the extent of erosion or subsidence which may occur after July 22, 1982, shall be made by the school board having an interest therein to the Department of Natural Resources and shall consist of a certified map or plat of survey prepared by a professional land surveyor qualified and currently licensed by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board in accordance with R.S. 37:681 et seq., showing the exact extent of land claimed to be lost through erosion and/or subsidence and by such evidence as may be required by the secretary showing the extent of the erosion and/or subsidence claimed.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 648, §1, eff. July 22, 1982; Acts 2003, No. 279, §6.