Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 38, § 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:

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:

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:

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.