81R10187 UM-D
By: Bonnen H.B. No. 3202
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing the transfer of certain real property held
by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR TRANSFER. (a) Not later than
January 1, 2010, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall
transfer to Brazoria County the real property specified in Section
2 of this Act.
(b) Consideration for the transfer authorized by Subsection
(a) of this section shall be in the form of an agreement between the
parties that requires Brazoria County to use the property in a
manner that primarily promotes a public purpose that benefits the
public interest of the state.
(c) If Brazoria County fails to use the property in the
manner described by an agreement under Subsection (b) of this
section for more than 180 continuous days, ownership of the
property automatically reverts to the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice.
(d) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer
the property to Brazoria County by an appropriate instrument of
transfer. The instrument of transfer must include a provision
that:
(1) requires Brazoria County to use the property in a
manner that primarily promotes a public purpose that benefits the
public interest of the state; and
(2) indicates that ownership of the property
automatically reverts to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
if Brazoria County no longer uses the property in a manner that
primarily promotes a public purpose that benefits the public
interest of the state.
SECTION 2. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION. The Texas Department of
Criminal Justice property to be transferred as provided by Section
1 of this Act consists of approximately 332 acres, more or less,
being part of that 7,424.4 tract or parcel of land conveyed to the
Prison Commission of the State of Texas as recorded in Book 145,
Page 242 of the Deed Records Brazoria County, Texas, said 332 acres,
more or less, being out of the Jared E. Groce grant in Brazoria
County, Texas, near Angleton, Texas, bounded by the Brazoria County
Airport property to the West and State Highway 288 to the East, the
northern boundary being the northern boundary of the said 7,424.4
tract or parcel of land, the southern boundary being the northern
boundary of a tract or parcel of land conveyed to RH Retrieve, Ltd.
as recorded as Document # 2007018866 in the Official Public Records
of Brazoria County, Texas.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
1, 2009.