Louisiana § RS 34:203.1 - Sale of property
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§ RS 34:203.1. Sale of property
A.(1)(a) The board may sell by written public bid to the highest bidder any property, or portions thereof, including immovable property, which in the opinion of the board is not needed for public purposes.
(b) However, if such property has previously been taken by expropriation, then the previous property owner shall first be given a prior opportunity to repurchase the property at the current appraised market value.
(2) Notice of the proposed sale, including advertisement for bids and the minimum price and terms of the sale, shall be advertised in a daily newspaper which is published within the limits of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District and in any other paper or papers that may be selected by the board. The advertisement shall be published three times within ten days, the last advertisement to appear at least ten days before the day that bids will be received.
(3) If, after the advertisement for bids, there are no bids received or the bids received are unreasonably low, as determined by a two-thirds vote of the voting members present, then the board may negotiate the sale of such property at fair market value to be agreed upon by majority vote of the voting members present. In no instance may the property be transferred by donation or sold for less than the highest bid, if unreasonably low bids were received.
B.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A or other applicable law and in addition to any other authority granted to the board, the board may sell, pursuant to a publicly advertised request for proposals process, any of its property within the city limits of the city of Westlake, Louisiana, on such terms and conditions and for such price as may be approved by a vote of two-thirds of the voting members present, and with the approval of the Westlake City Council.
(2) However, if such property has previously been taken by expropriation, then the previous property owner shall first be given a prior opportunity to repurchase the property at the current appraised market value.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 398, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 62, §1; Acts 1999, No. 950, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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