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urn: urn:us-la:rs:39:1643
citation: "R.S. 39:1643"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 39 › Subtitle III › Chapter 17 › Part III › Subpart I"
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  - { year: 1979, number: 715, section: 1, effective_date: 1980-07-01, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1985, number: 416, section: 2, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 1988, number: 919, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 1995, number: 635, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 2014, number: 864, section: 2, effective_date: 2015-01-01, role: amendment }
  - { year: 2025, number: 5, section: 1, effective_date: 2025-06-11, role: amendment }
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# Advertisement and award of lease bids

A. Every lease for the use of ten thousand square feet or more of space in a privately owned building entered into by a state agency as lessee shall be awarded pursuant to R.S. 39:1594 in accordance with the conditions for use set forth in that Section and only after evaluation of the bids in accordance with the specific criteria contained in the invitation for bids as authorized by R.S. 39:1594(F)(2). No such lease shall extend beyond a period of ten years.

B. The ten-year limitation shall not be applicable to the management boards created under Article VIII, Sections 6 and 7 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution.