81R5815 MTB-D
By: Alonzo H.B. No. 1951
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the offer of certain unusable remainder real property
acquired by the Texas Department of Transportation to nonprofit
corporations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 202, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 202.0215 to read as follows:
Sec. 202.0215. OFFER OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TO NONPROFIT
CORPORATION. (a) In this section, "nonprofit corporation" means a
corporation governed as a nonprofit corporation under the Texas
Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes) or under Chapter 22, Business Organizations
Code.
(b) The department as part of the acquisition of real
property for right-of-way purposes may take title to unusable
remainder real property not to be used for right-of-way purposes.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 202.021, the department shall
offer the real property described by Subsection (b) to a nonprofit
corporation designated by the municipality in which the real
property is located or, if the real property is not located in a
municipality, by the county in which the real property is located,
without cost or expense to the designated nonprofit corporation.
(d) Property acquired under this section by a nonprofit
corporation or by another entity from a nonprofit corporation that
acquired the property under this section must be used for the public
purpose of development and diversification of the state economy.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.