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LA Rev Stat § 41:728 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§728. St. Tammany Parish School Board; unused school lands; sell, exchange, disposition; proceeds

RS 728 - St. Tammany Parish School Board; unused school lands; sell, exchange, disposition; proceeds A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, whenever the St. Tammany Parish School Board, on behalf of the state of Louisiana, determines that any unused school lands, including but not limited to sixteenth section lands, indemnity for school lands, or other immovable property located in St. Tammany Parish and as more specifically described in any agreements entered into and documents executed by the St. Tammany Parish School Board, are no longer needed for school purposes and that the best interests of the St. Tammany Parish school system would be served by the sale, exchange, or other disposition of the property, the St. Tammany Parish School Board shall have authority to order the disposition of such sixteenth section lands, indemnity for school lands, or other immovable property at public auction or under sealed bids, except that immovable property subject to the provisions of R.S. 17:87.6 shall be disposed of as provided for in that Section. The procedure for disposition of the sixteenth section lands and indemnity for school lands shall be the same as for unused lands as provided for in R.S. 41:892. The St. Tammany Parish School Board shall reserve to the state all of the mineral rights and minerals in accordance with law. Any sale of sixteenth section lands which occurs as authorized by this Subsection shall be executed by the state land office on behalf of the St. Tammany Parish School Board. B. All proceeds from the sale, exchange, or other disposition, less expenses of the disposition, if any, shall be used for the support of the schools located in St. Tammany Parish in furtherance of the purpose of the dedication of the sixteenth section lands or indemnity for school lands as provided by law. Acts 2006, No. 74, §1, eff. May 25, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 41:761 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§761. Sale of swamp or sea marsh lands

RS 761 - Sale of swamp or sea marsh lands  Whenever a sixteenth section donated to the state by Congress for school purposes is located in a township not habitable by reason of the township being swamp or sea marsh, the school board may, upon the petition of the land owners owning in area more than one-half of the land in the township, order the sale of the sixteenth section by resolution or motion passed by a majority of the members of the board present and voting.
LA Rev Stat § 41:762 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§762. Procedure

RS 762 - Procedure  When a sale of a sixteenth section is ordered, the sale shall be made by the parish treasurer of the parish in which the sixteenth section is located, in person or by the sheriff or any auctioneer of the parish, designated by the treasurer. The sale shall be made only after it has been advertised for thirty days in a newspaper published in the parish where the property is located; or if no newspaper is published in the parish, then, by posting a written or printed notice for thirty days at or near the front door of the court house in the parish where the property is situated and at two other public places in the parish. On the day named in the advertisement, the section shall be sold as a whole or in lots of not less than forty acres, at the principal front door of the court house of the parish in which the property is situated, between the hours of eleven o'clock A.M. and four o'clock P.M., with appraisement, to the last and highest bidder, and without a prior survey of the property, and upon the following terms and conditions: (1) One-tenth or more in cash at the option of the purchaser, and the remainder, if any, in nine equal annual installments, bearing eight per cent interest per annum from date, interest payable annually. (2) The deeds shall contain the usual security clauses and a stipulation to pay ten per cent attorney's fees in the event the services of an attorney are secured for the purpose of collection.
LA Rev Stat § 41:763 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§763. Deed; disposition of proceeds

RS 763 - Deed; disposition of proceeds  A. The deed of the parish treasurer shall be full and complete evidence of the sale, shall convey a good and valid title to the property sold and shall have all the force and effect of a notarial act. B. All monies or notes received under and by virtue of the sale shall be disposed of by the parish treasurer in the manner now required by law.
LA Rev Stat § 41:801 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§801. Sale of lands received as indemnity for school lands

RS 801 - Sale of lands received as indemnity for school lands  All lands owned by, or which may hereafter inure to the state from the United States government as indemnity for school lands, shall be disposed of as provided in this Sub-part.
LA Rev Stat § 41:802 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§802. Advertisement

RS 802 - Advertisement  The Register of the State Land Office shall cause to be advertised for sale at public auction, for thirty clear days, a list of the lands to be sold, which have not already been advertised, and the publication shall be made in a newspaper published in the parish where the land to be sold is situated. No land to be sold shall be advertised in any paper published outside of the parish where the land is situated.
LA Rev Stat § 41:803 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§803. Sale at public auction; withdrawal

RS 803 - Sale at public auction; withdrawal  The register shall adjudicate the lands at public auction to the last and highest bidder at his office and in case the land so offered for sale fails to bring at auction the price of five dollars per acre the land shall be withdrawn from sale by the register and cannot thereafter be sold except by another advertisement as required by R.S. 41:802, nor except to the last and highest bidder at public auction for a price not less than five dollars per acre. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 270, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 41:804 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§804. Patent not to issue until purchase price is paid

RS 804 - Patent not to issue until purchase price is paid  The register shall not issue a patent to the purchaser of the land until he has paid into the hands of the state treasurer the purchase price of the lands.
LA Rev Stat § 41:805 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§805. Disposition of purchase price

RS 805 - Disposition of purchase price  Out of the purchase price paid, the State Treasurer shall pay the cost of advertisement and shall place the balance to the credit of the various school boards entitled to receive the money.
LA Rev Stat § 41:806 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§806. Fees

RS 806 - Fees  In addition to the purchase price paid for the lands, the purchaser shall pay to the register the same fees as in other cases where a patent is issued.
LA Rev Stat § 41:841 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§841. Free school fund

RS 841 - Free school fund  A. The proceeds of all lands heretofore granted by the United States to this state for the use or support of schools, except the sixteenth section in the various townships of the states specially reserved by Congress for the use and benefit of the people therein; and of all lands granted or bequeathed to the state and not specially granted or bequeathed for any other purpose, which are disposed of by the state, and the ten percent of the net proceeds of the sales of the public land which have accrued and are to accrue to this state under the act of Congress, entitled "An Act to appropriate the proceeds of the public lands", and to grant preemption rights, approved September 4, 1841; and the proceeds of the estates of deceased persons, to which the state has or may become entitled by law, shall be held by the state as a loan, and shall be and remain a perpetual fund, to be called the Free School Fund, on which the state shall pay an annual interest of six percent. The interest, together with the interest of the trust fund deposited with this state by the United States, under the act of Congress approved the twenty-third of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and the rents of all unsold lands, except that of the sixteenth sections, shall be appropriated for the support of public schools in this state; and donations of all kinds which are made for the support of schools, and such other means as the legislature may from time to time set apart for school purposes, shall form a part of the fund, and shall also be a loan on which the state shall pay an interest of six percent per annum. B. The state treasurer shall apply annually, and shall receive from the federal government the ten percent of monies due to this state, and shall place the money, when received, to the credit of the proper fund. Acts 1986, No. 821, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 41:842 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§842. Investment in levee bonds

RS 842 - Investment in levee bonds  In addition to the investments now authorized by law, the State Auditor and State Treasurer, with the approval of the governor, may invest in levee bonds of this state yielding not less than four per cent per annum interest net, the proceeds of the sale of sixteenth section school lands now on hand, or that may accumulate, in the state treasury.
LA Rev Stat § 41:843 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§843. Registration of bonds

RS 843 - Registration of bonds  The State Auditor and the State Treasurer shall keep a distinct book wherein to register all bonds which are acquired by investment of proceeds of the sales of sixteenth section school lands, and shall write or stamp in legible characters on the face of the bonds the words, "The property of the Free School Fund of Louisiana". The bonds when so stamped, shall lose their negotiable character.
LA Rev Stat § 41:844 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§844. Interest due townships

RS 844 - Interest due townships  The State Auditor shall ascertain the amount of capital that may be due the several townships from the proceeds of the sales of sixteenth sections, made since the first of January, 1880, and actually paid into the state treasury. The amount thus ascertained shall be the capital upon which interest shall be thereafter allowed and paid out of the interest collected on the said bonds to the townships, the sixteenth sections of which have been sold since the 1st of January, 1880, and the proceeds actually paid into the state treasury, and the proceeds so paid invested as required by law. In calculating the interest due the several townships, no interest shall be allowed for fractions of the year during which the receipts have come into the treasury; but it shall commence at the beginning of the 1st of January of the next year. The interest due upon the capital thus ascertained, and the interest due upon subsequent sales, shall be paid to the townships in the manner now provided for by law. The State Auditor shall furnish the State Treasurer and superintendent of public education with a statement of the amount due each township.
LA Rev Stat § 41:881 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§881. School board presidents may issue correction deeds

RS 881 - School board presidents may issue correction deeds  The presidents of the school boards of the several parishes shall enter into and execute deeds correcting the description in various deeds to sixteenth sections or parts thereof where the original of the deed was executed prior to January 1, 1900, when the president of the school board has been authorized to execute the correction deed by a resolution of the school board of the parish in which the sixteenth section or part thereof is located.
LA Rev Stat § 41:882 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§882. Resolution of the school board

RS 882 - Resolution of the school board  The school boards of the several parishes may enact and adopt, either at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for the express purpose, a resolution authorizing and requesting the president of the school board to execute a correction deed correcting the description in deeds to sixteenth sections or parts thereof where the sixteenth section or part thereof lies in the parish of the school board, when it is shown to the satisfaction of a majority of the school board that the original deed was in fact erroneous and it was the intent of the parish treasurer to sell and the purchaser to acquire a tract or tracts other than or in addition to the tract described in the original deeds.
LA Rev Stat § 41:883 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§883. Resolution when land is in more than one parish

RS 883 - Resolution when land is in more than one parish  If the sixteenth section of any township is divided by a parish line, the school board for the parish in which the greater portion of the section lies may authorize the correction deed and the president of the school board in which the greater portion of the section lies shall execute the deed.
LA Rev Stat § 41:884 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§884. Action to enforce issuance of correction deed

RS 884 - Action to enforce issuance of correction deed  If any school board refuses to enact and adopt a resolution authorizing the execution by the president of the school board of correction deed pertaining to sixteenth sections or parts thereof in the parish of the school board, then any interested party may bring a suit or suits against the school board in the district court in and for the parish where the sixteenth section is located for the purpose of securing a judgment authorizing and directing the president of the school board of the parish to execute the correction deed.
LA Rev Stat § 41:891 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§891. Sale of unused school lands

RS 891 - Sale of unused school lands  Whenever the school board of any parish or city determines that any school lands or other immovable property under its control are no longer needed for school purposes and that the best interest of the public school system would be served by the sale of such lands, the school board shall have authority to dispose of such lands at public auction, under sealed bids, by licensed real estate broker in accordance with the procedure set forth in this Subpart; provided that this Subpart shall not apply to the sale of sixteenth section lands, school indemnity lands, or any other school lands for the sale of which the law already has provided a procedure in Chapter 6 of Title 41 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes or elsewhere in the law.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 214, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 291, §1; Acts 2017, No. 249, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 41:893 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§893. Jefferson Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land

RS 893 - Jefferson Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land  A. Whenever the Jefferson Parish School Board determines that a parcel of its property adjacent to the L.W. Higgings High School is no longer needed for school purposes and that the best interest of the public school system would be served by the exchange of such land for other land of comparable value, the board may exchange such land for a parcel of land in Jefferson Parish owned by the West Bank Cathedral, in accordance with the procedure set forth in this Section. B. The Jefferson Parish School Board shall hold a public hearing to receive public comment concerning the exchange of such lands. Prior to the public hearing, the board shall obtain an appraisal from a certified appraiser of the lands being considered for exchange and such appraisals shall be available for public inspection at the hearing. C. The school board shall provide notice of the public hearing and notice of its intent to consider the exchange of land as well as a brief description of both pieces of land by advertisement in the official journal of the parish in which the land is situated on at least three separate days at least thirty days prior to the date on which the hearing is to be held. D. After such hearing and after giving due consideration to any public comment, the board may, at its next regularly scheduled meeting, vote to authorize the advertised exchange, provided that the board determines that the exchange is for a valid purpose in the best interest of the school board and, that the lands to be exchanged are of comparable value. The president of the board shall proceed with the exchange of the lands in accordance with the law and upon authorization of the board. Acts 1985, No. 544, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 41:894 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§894. Grant Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land

RS 894 - Grant Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land  A. Whenever the Grant Parish School Board determines that a parcel of its property found in Township 6 North, Range 2 West, Section 16 is no longer needed for school purposes and that the best interest of the public school system would be served by the exchange of such land for other land of comparable value, the board may exchange such land for other parcels of land in Grant Parish owned by the Forest Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in accordance with the procedure set forth in this Section. B. The Grant Parish School Board shall hold a public hearing to receive public comment concerning the exchange of such lands. Prior to the public hearing, the board shall obtain an appraisal from a certified appraiser of the lands being considered for exchange and such appraisals shall be available for public inspection at the hearing. C. The school board shall provide notice of the public hearing and notice of its intent to consider the exchange of land as well as a brief description of both pieces of land by advertisement in the official journal of the parish in which the land is situated on at least three separate days at least thirty days prior to the date on which the hearing is to be held. D. After such hearing and after giving due consideration to any public comment, the board may, at a regularly scheduled meeting, vote to authorize the advertised exchange, provided that the board determines that the exchange is for a valid purpose in the best interest of the school board and that the lands to be exchanged are of comparable value. The president of the board shall proceed with the exchange of the lands in accordance with the law and upon authorization of the board. Acts 1986, No. 462, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 41:895 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§895. Vermilion Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land

RS 895 - Vermilion Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land  A. Whenever the Vermilion Parish School Board determines that a parcel of its property in Vermilion Parish, including but not limited to sixteenth section land, is no longer needed for school purposes and that the best interest of the public school system would be served by the exchange of such land for other land of comparable value, the school board may exchange such land for other land in Vermilion Parish in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section. B. The Vermilion Parish School Board shall hold a public hearing to receive public comment concerning the exchange of such lands. Prior to the public hearing, the school board shall obtain an appraisal from a certified appraiser of the lands being considered for exchange and such appraisal shall be available for public inspection at the hearing. C. The school board shall provide notice of the public hearing and notice of its intent to consider the exchange of land as well as a brief description of both parcels of land by advertisement in the official journal of the parish in which the land is situated on at least three separate days at least thirty days prior to the date on which the hearing is to be held. D. After such hearing and after giving due consideration to any public comment, the school board may, at a regularly scheduled meeting, authorize the advertised exchange, provided that a majority of the elected membership of the school board determines that the exchange is for a valid purpose in the best interest of the school board and that the lands to be exchanged are of comparable value. The president of the school board shall thereafter proceed with the exchange of the lands in accordance with law and upon authorization of the school board. E. The powers and rights conferred by this Section shall be in addition to the powers and rights conferred by any other general or special law. This Section does and shall be construed to provide a complete and additional method for the exchange of unused school lands, including but not limited to sixteenth section lands, by the school board. No proceeding notice or approval shall be required for the exchange of unused school land by the school board, except as provided herein. The provisions of this Section shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of its purposes.  Acts 1991, No. 32, §1, eff. June 19, 1991.