The governor, the executive counsel, and the attorney general, or any two of them, may settle and compromise with the levee boards and levee and drainage boards of the state and their lessees, or any combination thereof, all matters relating to leases by the levee boards and levee and drainage boards of lands conveyed to them in error under the provisions of the various legislative grants of public lands to the levee boards and levee and drainage boards or all matters relating to all lands so conveyed upon the terms and conditions which the officers may deem to be to the best interests of the state. In connection with any agreement of compromise, the officers may stipulate and agree for the reconveyance of any of the lands to the state, for the payment of royalties and rentals as to any lease involved, for the division of the royalties and rentals between the state and the levee board and levee and drainage board, and for the protection of the rights of the lessee acquired in good faith.
La. R.S. § 38:303