RS 3:4289 Amendment of prior contract - Louisiana Statutes

§4289.  Amendment of prior contract

Any contract existing between a landowner and the commission or its predecessors for the reforestation of lands denuded of timber entered into under the provisions of R.S. 3:4285 through 4288 may be amended by written agreement between the landowner and the commission fixing the period of time the contract shall cover, which shall not exceed forty years, and otherwise providing that the contract shall be governed by existing law.  However, before any such amendment shall be executed, a resolution of the governing authority of the parish in which the lands covered by the contract are located shall be adopted agreeing to the valuation of the lands as fixed in the contract, or together with the commission or its designated agent shall by the resolution agree upon, determine, and fix the then cash value of the lands.