§2327.1. Sabine River Authority; transfer of lands and employees
A. The Sabine River Authority, with approval of the governor, is
hereby authorized to transfer to the State Parks and Recreation Commission,
and the State Parks and Recreation Commission is hereby authorized to
acquire and accept delivery of, the following described recreational sites
located at or within the area comprising the Toledo Bend Reservoir:
Site No. Parcel No. Tract Acreage
8 1 Sabine Lumber Company 86.47
B. The Sabine River Authority, with approval of the governor, is
hereby authorized to transfer to the State Land Office, and the State Land
Office is hereby authorized to acquire and accept delivery of, the following
described recreational sites located at the Toledo Bend Reservoir:
Site No. Parcel No. Tract Acreage
4 1 T. J. Paul 58.43
4 2 International Paper Company 44.50
5 5 International Paper Company 2.68
6 4 J. M. Mora & J. W. Mora 37.41
7A 2 International Paper Company 75.87
7A 4 A. Adler Realty Company 23.39
7B 3 Sabine Lumber Company 11.26
7B 4 International Paper Company 99.95
9 2 Dunn & Lindsey 16.40
9 3 Dunn & Lindsey 1.88
9 4 Continental Can Company 31.23
9 5 Louisiana Longleaf Lumber Co. 78.54
10 2 International Paper Company 84.77
11 2 J. G. Mitchell, Jr., et al. 75.97
11 3 Boise Cascade Corp. 18.65
12 1 J. G. Mitchell, Jr., et al. 5.53
12 4 Louisiana Longleaf Lumber Co. 39.92
13 3 Continental Can Company 34.28
13 4 West Louisiana Land & Timber Co. 22.94
14 1 Continental Can Company 21.89
14 2 International Paper Company 92.89
14 4 Continental Can Company 0.86
15 1 International Paper Company 167.00
C. The Sabine River Authority, with approval of the Governor, is
hereby authorized to transfer to a state agency or political subdivision of the
state, and such agency or political subdivision is hereby authorized to acquire
and accept delivery of the following described recreational sites located at the
Toledo Bend Reservoir, provided, however, that said sites or any part thereof
located in DeSoto Parish shall be transferred, and acquired and accepted only
for purposes of development into parks and/or recreational areas:
Site No. Parcel No. Tract Acreage
2 1 International Paper Company 102.17
3 No.# " " " 81.16
3A No.# " " " 121.19
D. The recreational sites herein authorized to be transferred are hereby
identified as sites which were acquired by the Sabine River Authority with
financial assistance from the Water Conservation Fund of the Bureau of
Outdoor Recreation of the United States Department of the Interior. It is
hereby stipulated that the designation herein of the sites to be transferred by
site number, tract descriptive name, and acreage are as shown on the records
of the Sabine River Authority, the location of each site being shown on a map
in the records of the Sabine River Authority bearing the caption "Louisiana
Recreation Areas on Toledo Bend Reservoir showing Toledo Bend Forest
Scenic Drive and access roads", said map having been prepared for the Sabine
River Authority by the Department of Public Works, dated August, 1972, and
designated File No. TB-388-D. The act of transfer which shall be drawn and
executed to effectuate the authorization in this Section shall contain a detailed
description of each site transferred, with the survey data required for ground
identification thereof.
E. Any of the sites herein authorized to be transferred, or any part
thereof, may be further transferred to local political subdivisions, provided
such further transfer is for outdoor recreation use and is approved by the State
Parks and Recreation Commission, the designated state liaison agency for the
Land and Water Conservation Fund of the United States Bureau of Outdoor
Recreation, or any successor such liaison agency, as being within any
applicable regulations of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. No site herein
authorized to be transferred, or any part of any site, may be converted to other
than public outdoor recreation use without the approval of the Secretary of the
United States Department of the Interior, and then only if the conversion is
found by the secretary to be in accord with the then existing comprehensive
statewide outdoor recreation plan and only upon such conditions as the
secretary deems necessary to assure the substitution of other recreation
properties of at least equal fair market value and of reasonably equivalent
usefulness and location.
F. The transfers authorized herein shall be subject to any existing leases
to the Sabine River Authority of the sites or any parts thereof.
G. The Sabine River Authority, acting through the chairman of the
board of commissioners thereof, and the State Parks and Recreation
Commission, acting through the chairman of the commission, and the State
Land Office, acting through the register of the State Land Office, are hereby
authorized to execute such documents as are necessary to effectuate the
transfers herein authorized, which documents also shall be approved by the
governor. The said agencies are further authorized to enter into agreements for
the transfer of employees of the Sabine River Authority whose employment
and duties relate to the lands herein authorized to be transferred.
H. The transfers herein authorized shall be made effective January 1,
1977 or thereafter.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 502, §§1 to 8.