2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 39 — Public finance
RS 39:332.1 — State buildings and lands highest and best use advisory group; creation

PART XI-A. STATE BUILDINGS AND LANDS HIGHEST

AND BEST USE ADVISORY GROUP

§332.1. State Buildings and Lands Highest and Best Use Advisory Group; creation

A. The State Buildings and Lands Highest and Best Use Advisory Group, hereinafter referred to as the "Advisory Group" is hereby created to be composed of the director of the office of facility planning and control, the director of the office of state lands, the director of the office of risk management, and the director of the office of statewide reporting and accounting policy or their designees.

B. The Advisory Group shall advise the commissioner of administration on all matters relating to state-owned property and development opportunities for the state to enter into public-private development partnerships with private, nonprofit or public partners, chosen by competitive bid, in order to develop and manage state-owned real estate in a manner that achieves the highest and best use of the property.

C.(1) By the first of November each year, each agency in the executive branch, including each higher education agency which is funded or proposed by the Board of Regents to be funded through the higher education funding formula, working in cooperation with the parish planning authority or parish governing authority of the parish in which the property is located, shall report to the Advisory Group any land or buildings under the control of such agency that, in the estimation of the agency, is being underutilized or may represent an opportunity to be developed in accordance with the highest and best use of the property.

(2) The Advisory Group shall review and analyze the various reports and shall, not later than January fifteenth of each year, make recommendations to the commissioner of administration regarding which properties present the most promise for development including public-private development.

(3) The commissioner shall review the list of properties recommended by the Advisory Group and finalize the list of properties by accepting the list or by removing properties from the list. At the regular March meeting of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, the commissioner of administration shall present the final list of such properties with a plan for the development of the highest and best use of such properties.

Acts 2010, No. 73, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.