The boards of commissioners of the various levee districts may donate, lease, or sell, under such terms and conditions as they deem best, any lands respectively owned by them to the United States of America for use as refuges or sanctuaries for migratory wild fowl. However, in all cases the mineral rights on all such lands shall be reserved.
La. R.S. 56:703
Lease or sale of lands to federal government by levee boards
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 717, §1.
Official source: Louisiana State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Louisiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.