§783.  Lease of lands; publication of notice

The commission may, under such terms and conditions as it deems advisable, lease from private persons or corporations lands within the state for the establishment of wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas, public hunting grounds, upland game preserves, or wildlife sanctuaries.  A notice describing the land by section, township, and range and stating that same has been leased and set aside as a wildlife refuge, wildlife management area, a public hunting ground, upland game preserves, or wildlife sanctuaries shall be published for not less than thirty days in a newspaper published or having a circulation in the parish or parishes in which the lands are situated.  

Amended by Acts 1981, No. 736, §1; Acts 1981, No. 838, §1.