HB 1161

ENROLLED
 2026 Regular Session
  ACT No. 880
 HOUSE BILL NO. 1161
 BY REPRESENTATIVE FONTENOT
1AN ACT
2 To authorize and provide for the transfer of certain state property; to authorize the transfer
3of certain state property in Lafourche Parish and Jefferson Parish; to provide for the
4property description; to provide for the reservation of mineral rights; to provide
5terms and conditions; to provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7Section 1. The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development,
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 to all or any portion of the following described parcel of property
11 to the city of Thibodaux:
12(1) The Southwest Quarter (SW-1/4) of a certain lot of ground situated in the
13Parish of Lafourche, in the Town of Thibodeaux, being known and
14designated as Lot One Hundred Forty-Five (145) on the plan of said town
15made by James D. Grinnage, Surveyor, on the 1st day of May 1842; said
16Southwest Quarter being bounded on the North by North half of said Lot
17145, belonging to E.P. Lorio, now or formerly, and on the South by Back
18Street, on the East by the Southeast Quarter of said Lot 145, belonging to
19Edward F. McCulla and Beatrice & Noble Dickinson, now or formerly, and
20on the West by Lot 144 together with all buildings and improvements thereon
21and all rights, ways, privileges, and servitudes thereto belonging or in
22anywise appertaining.
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24(2) A certain fractional lot of ground or fractional town lot, situated in the
25Town of Thibodeaux, Parish of Lafourche, State of Louisiana, being the
26southern portion of Lot One Hundred Forty-Four (144) on the plan of the
27Town of Thibodeaux, made and executed by James B. Grinnage, Deputy
28Surveyor, on the 1st day of May 1842; said fractional lot measured eighty
29feet, more or less, front on Canal Street, by the depth of Lot One Hundred
30Forty-Four, or one hundred seventy feet, eight inches, bound in front or west
31by Canal Street, on the North or towards Bayou Lafourche by other portions
32of said Lot 144, now belonging to Heymann Levy & Company, on the South
33by Back Street of the Town of Thibodeaux, and in the rear or East by Lot 145
34on the plan of said Town of Thibodeaux, together with all buildings and
35improvements thereon and all rights, ways, privileges and servitudes thereto
36belonging or in anywise appertaining.
37
38LESS AND EXCEPT:
39
40A lot 42.66 feet by 85.53 feet bounded North by Eva S. Reed, South by Back
41St., East by President St., West by Pauline Rudd.
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1AND
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3LESS AND EXCEPT:
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5One (1) certain tract or parcel of land, together with all the improvements
6situated thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and
7advantages thereunder belonging or in anywise appertaining, municipal
8address 1237 Canal Boulevard, Thibodeaux, LA, situated in Section 24,
9Township 15 South, Range 16 East, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, identified
10as Parcel No. 1-3, as shown on Sheet No. 1 of the property map for STATE
11PROJECT NO. H.009320, ACADIAN ROAD ROUNDABOUT, LA 20
12(CANAL BLVD) AND LOCAL ROUTES, LAFOURCHE PARISH,
13LOUISIANA, prepared by Robert A. Price, dated March 18, 2019, most
14recently revised July 16, 2020, said map being attached hereto and made a
15part hereof, which property is more particularly described as follows:
16PARCEL NO. 1-3
17From a point on the centerline of State Project No. H.009320, at Station
18109+16.08, proceed S58°23'12"E a distance of 59.94 feet to the point of
19beginning; thence proceed N21°32'17"E a distance of 88.16 feet to a point
20and corner; thence proceed S16°52'36"E a distance of 112.88 feet to a point
21and corner; thence proceed N68°13'59"W a distance of 80.14 feet to the point
22of beginning. All of which comprises Parcel 1-3 as shown on Sheet 1 of the
23Right of Way Plans of State Project No. H.009320, and contains an area of
243973.6 square feet or 0.091 acres.
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26Section 2. The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development is
27 hereby authorized to enter into such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and
28 to execute such documents as necessary to properly effectuate any conveyance, transfer,
29 assignment, lease, or delivery of title, excluding mineral rights, to the property described in
30 Section 1 of this Act, and as more specifically described in any such agreements entered into
31 and documents executed by and between the secretary of the Department of Transportation
32 and Development and the city of Thibodaux, in exchange for consideration proportionate to
33 the appraised value of the property.
34Section 3. The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development,
35 notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, is hereby authorized and
36 empowered to convey, transfer, assign, lease, or deliver any interest, excluding mineral
37 rights, the state may have to all or any portion of the following described parcel of property
38 to the city of Gretna:
39Approximately twelve acres of batture fronting approximately 1,200 lineal
40feet along the right descending bank of the Mississippi River proximate to
41the city of Gretna near the intersection of First Street and Huey P. Long
42Boulevard in Jefferson Parish with a municipal address of 1 Huey P. Long
43Avenue, Gretna, LA 70053.
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1Section 4. The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development is
2 hereby authorized to enter into such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and
3 to execute such documents as necessary to properly effectuate any conveyance, transfer,
4 assignment, lease, or delivery of title, excluding mineral rights, to the property described in
5 Section 3 of this Act, and as more specifically described in any such agreements entered into
6 and documents executed by and between the secretary of the Department of Transportation
7 and Development and the city of Gretna, in exchange for consideration proportionate to the
8 appraised value of the property.
9Section 5. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
10 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
11 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
12 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
13 effective on the day following such approval.
  SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
  GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
 APPROVED:
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