HB634 • 2026

PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in St. Martin Parish

Land

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Chad Boyer
Last action: 2026-04-30
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 31
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on potential impacts on local residents or what happens if Brownell Land Company, LLC does not accept the property.

Transfer of State Property in St. Martin Parish

This law allows the transfer of certain state-owned land in St. Martin Parish to Brownell Land Company, LLC, excluding mineral rights.

What This Bill Does

Authorizes the commissioner of administration to convey or lease some state property in St. Martin Parish to Brownell Land Company, LLC.
Specifies that only surface rights can be transferred; mineral rights remain with the state.
Requires the commissioner to enter into agreements and execute documents necessary for the transfer.

Who It Names or Affects

The state of Louisiana
Brownell Land Company, LLC

Terms To Know

Mineral rights: The right to extract and sell minerals from a piece of land.
Commissioner of Administration: A state official who manages the transfer of property among other duties.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify what happens if Brownell Land Company, LLC does not accept the property.
The exact terms and conditions of the transfer are left to future agreements between the commissioner and the company.

Bill History

2026-04-30 H
Effective date: 04/30/2026.
2026-04-30 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 31.
2026-04-28 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-04-27 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-04-27 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-04-23 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-04-22 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-04-14 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-13 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-08 S
Reported favorably.
2026-03-30 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
2026-03-25 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-03-25 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-03-23 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2026.
2026-03-23 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-18 H
Reported favorably (10-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
2026-02-27 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-27 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
2026-02-27 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

PROPERTY/PUBLIC: Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in St. Martin Parish

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 312026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 634
BY REPRESENTATIVE BOYER
1 AN ACT
2 To authorize and provide for the transfer of certain state property; to authorize the transfer
3 of certain state property in St. Martin Parish; to provide for the property descriptions;
4 to provide for the reservation of mineral rights; to provide terms and conditions; to
5 provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. The commissioner of administration, notwithstanding any other provision
8 of law to the contrary, is hereby authorized and empowered to convey, transfer, assign, lease,
9 or deliver any interest, excluding mineral rights, the state may have to all or any portion of
10 the following described property in St. Martin Parish to the Brownell Land Company, LLC:
11 Tract 1
12 Tax Parcel No. 2900001514: 76.00 AC: E/2 of the SE/4 or Lot 7 of SEC.
13 15, T15S-R13E
14 Tract 2
15 Tax Parcel No. 2900001521: 49.40 AC: W/2 of the SW/4 or Lot 2 of SEC.
16 14, T15S-R13
17 Section 2. The commissioner of administration is hereby authorized to enter into
18 such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and to execute such documents as
19 necessary to properly effectuate any conveyance, transfer, assignment, lease, or delivery of
20 title, excluding mineral rights, to the property described in Section 1 of this Act, and as more
21 specifically described in any such agreements entered into and documents executed by and
22 between the commissioner of administration and the Brownell Land Company, LLC, in
23 exchange of consideration proportionate to the appraised value of the property.
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HB NO. 634 ENROLLED
1 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
2 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
3 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
4 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
5 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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