FILE: DFI
LEASE OF SCHOOL LANDS
The West Baton Rouge Parish School Board may execute a lease of any of its school land. Leases for the production and removal of minerals granted by or on behalf of the School Board shall provide for a minimum of royalties of one-sixth on all oil and gas, sulphur, potash, and other minerals produced and saved and five percent (5%) on lignite and salt. All mineral leases shall be advertised, received, opened and accepted/rejected by the School Board. The School Board may reject any and all bids that may be submitted or may lease a lesser quantity of property than advertised and withdraw the rest.
Leases for the purposes of trapping, grazing, hunting, agriculture/farming or any other legitimate purposes other than for removal of oil, gas, or other minerals, may be executed on such terms and conditions as are in the best interest of the School Board and in compliance with state law. Such leases shall be awarded only after formal advertisement for and receipt of bids as set forth by state law.
Leases of sixteenth section lands for the purpose of planting, cultivating, growing, and harvesting of any agricultural crop shall not be required to be let by public bid.
The School Board shall require all appropriate leases, as determined by the School Board's legal adviser, to include the purchase of a Landlord's Liability insurance policy by the individual or organization leasing the property, which shall hold the School Board free from any liability that may result directly or indirectly from the leased property's usage. Said policy shall be for $9,000,000. The School Board is to be named as an additional insured on all policies of a lessee's liability insurance. All such potential leases shall require the Superintendent to obtain a legal opinion from the School Board's attorney as to the current status of Louisiana law.
The School Board shall not issue hunting permits on School Board Sixteenth Section property. No hunting signs shall be legally posted on School Board property.
GEOPHYSICAL OR SEISMIC SURVEY PERMITS
The School Board may grant permission for geophysical or seismic surveys to be conducted on School Board property. For the privilege of conducting seismograph exploration over and across lands owned by the School Board, application must be submitted to the Board seeking permission to conduct surveys. If said application is approved by the School Board, the applicant shall be permitted to conduct its seismographic operations in accordance with terms and conditions set forth in the permit agreement for a minimum fee as set by the School Board. All applications shall contain pertinent information to adequately evaluate the proposed survey.
RIGHTS-OF-WAY
The West Baton Rouge Parish School Board may grant rights-of-way on school lands upon formal written request. No application for a right-of-way shall be considered unless certificate of publication of due notice is on file in the office of the School Board, showing advertisement of the pending application has been made two times within ten (10) days in the official journal of the parish wherein the school lands are situated. A fee may be charged for such privilege.
Revised: July, 1996
Revised: August, 2000
Revised: November, 2003
Ref: Constitution of Louisiana, Art. VII, Sec. 4(c); Art IX, Sec. 4(b)
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:87, 17:87.1, 17:87.2, 17:87.3, 17:87.8, 30:121, 30:122, 30:123, 30:124, 30:125, 30:126, 30:127, 30:127.1, 30:128, 30:129, 30:129.1, 30:151, 30:152, 30:153, 30:154, 30:155, 30:156, 41:1211, 41:1212, 41:1213, 41:1214, 41:1215, 41:1215.1, 41:1215.2, 41:1216, 41:1217, 41:1218, 41:1219, 41:1220, 41:1221, 41:1222, 41:1223, 41:1224
Board minutes, 6-19-96
West Baton Rouge Parish School Board