Section 1: Scope

The departmental council decides on the following matters: 1° Acquisition, disposal and exchange of movable or immovable departmental properties; 2° Method of management of departmental properties; 3° Leases of property given or taken on a farm or rental basis, whatever the duration; 4° Change of use of departmental properties and buildings; 5° Insurance of departmental buildings.

Any transfer of immovable property or rights in rem in immovable property by a department gives rise to a reasoned deliberation by the departmental council on the conditions of the sale and its essential characteristics. The departmental council deliberates in the light of the opinion of the competent State authority. This opinion is deemed to have been given at the end of a period of one month from the date…

When the départements, their groupings and their public establishments make amicable property acquisitions in accordance with the rules of civil law, or when the acquisition takes place by auction, the notary drafting the deed shall, if necessary, proceed, under his responsibility, to purge all liens and mortgages. The funds remitted to him are then considered to have been received by reason of his duties.