§907. West Baton Rouge Parish School Board; exchange of sixteenth section lands
A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if the West Baton Rouge 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 West Baton Rouge Parish and as more specifically described in any agreements entered into and documents executed by the West Baton Rouge Parish School Board, are no longer needed for school purposes and that the best interest of the West Baton Rouge 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 West Baton Rouge Parish in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section.
B. The West Baton Rouge 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 West Baton Rouge Parish School Board shall be of equal or greater value than the land that the West Baton Rouge Parish School Board is to relinquish or exchange.
D. The West Baton Rouge 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 to any Section 16 lands situated within West Baton Rouge Parish, including but not limited to exchanges of part or all of Section 16, Township 6 South, Range 11 East of West Baton Rouge Parish, less and except the Southwest corner of the Section 16 forming a tract approximately 600 feet fronting on Section Road and approximately 2,000 feet fronting on Rougon Road, and Section 16, Township 7 South, Range 12 East, commonly known as the "Leininger Tract".
Acts 2014, No. 28, §1.
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