§ 41:908 — Ouachita Parish School Board; sale or exchange of school lands; procedures; description

A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if the Ouachita Parish School Board, on behalf of the state of Louisiana, determines that any school land, including but not limited to sixteenth section lands, school indemnity lands, or other immovable property located in Ouachita Parish and as more specifically described in any agreements entered into and documents executed by the Ouachita Parish School Board, is no longer needed for school purposes and that the best interest of the Ouachita Parish school system would be served by the sale or exchange of such land, the school board may sell its interest or exchange such land for other land in Ouachita Parish in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section.
B. The Ouachita Parish School Board shall obtain an appraisal of the land to be sold or exchanged from a certified, licensed appraiser and such appraisal shall be available for public inspection.
C. If land is being exchanged, the land to be received by the Ouachita Parish School Board shall be of equal or greater value than the land that the Ouachita Parish School Board is to relinquish or exchange.
D. The Ouachita Parish School Board shall reserve to the state all of the mineral rights and minerals in accordance with law.
E. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable but shall not be limited to the sale or exchange of part or all of Section 16, Township 17 North, Range 5 East of Ouachita Parish, as well as any other sixteenth section land situated within Ouachita Parish.

Legislative History

Acts 2014, No. 84, §1, eff. May 16, 2014.