LouisianaState officials may transfer or lease land in Natchitoches Parish
State education and administration officials may transfer or lease about 1.16 acres in Natchitoches Parish for appropriate value while keeping the state's mineral rights.
What it does
Designated state officials may transfer or lease all or part of three parcels in Natchitoches Parish. They must receive appropriate value in return, and the state keeps its mineral rights.
Argument forA sale or lease could bring the state value in return for the property while letting it keep its mineral rights.
Argument againstTransferring the land could reduce the state's control over its future use, even though the state keeps its mineral rights.
More detail
The president of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the commissioner of administration may transfer or lease the state's interest in the property. The authority covers all or part of three parcels totaling about 1.16 acres, including improvements, in Natchitoches Parish. Their state land site number is 7-35-017. The state keeps its mineral rights, meaning its rights to minerals in the property. Officials must receive appropriate value in return that meets the cited Louisiana constitutional requirement. Any sale must follow the state property-sale laws cited in the act. The law took effect when the governor signed it on June 8, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Jun 8Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 871.Became Law
- Jun 8Effective date: 06/08/2026.
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate.
- Jun 1Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 31Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 29Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1707). Result: pass.Lower
- May 27Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 26Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1293). Result: pass.Upper
- May 26Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 20Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 19Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 18Reported favorably.Minor
- Apr 22Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.Minor
- Apr 21Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#634). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 21Called from the calendar.
- Apr 21Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Apr 21Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 20Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.
- Apr 15Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 14Reported favorably (11-0).Minor
- Mar 31Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.Minor
- Mar 30Read by title. Lies over under the rules.Introduced
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