2015 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 41 - Public Lands
RS 41:906 - Avoyelles Parish School Board; exchange of school lands; procedures; description
§906. Avoyelles Parish School Board; exchange of school lands; procedures; description
NOTE: §906 repealed by Acts 2013, No. 202, §2, eff. Aug. 1, 2015.
A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if the Avoyelles Parish School Board, on behalf of the state of Louisiana, determines that any school lands, including but not limited to sixteenth section lands, school indemnity lands, or other immovable property located in Avoyelles Parish and as more specifically described in any agreements entered into and documents executed by the Avoyelles Parish School Board, are no longer needed for school purposes and that the best interest of the Avoyelles Parish school system would be served by the exchange of such land for other land of at least comparable value, the school board may exchange such land for other land in Avoyelles Parish in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section.
B. The Avoyelles Parish School Board shall obtain an appraisal of the lands to be exchanged from a certified, licensed appraiser and such appraisal shall be available for public inspection.
C. The land to be received by the Avoyelles Parish School Board shall be of equal or greater value than the land that the Avoyelles Parish School Board is to relinquish or exchange.
D. The Avoyelles Parish School Board shall reserve to the state all of the mineral rights and minerals in accordance with law. The other party in an exchange may reserve its mineral rights and minerals subject to the terms of any agreement entered into with the school board.
E. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable but shall not be limited to exchanges of part or all of Section 16, Township 2 North, Range 6 East of Avoyelles Parish, as well as any other Section 16 lands situated within Avoyelles Parish.
F. The authority granted by this Section to the Avoyelles Parish School Board shall terminate on August 1, 2015.
Acts 2013, No. 202, §1, eff. June 10, 2013 and §2, eff. Aug. 1, 2015.
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