81R12964 AJA-D
By: Hodge H.B. No. 3438
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing the Texas Board of Criminal Justice to
convey certain real property to the City of Dallas in exchange for
comparable property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice may
convey the real property described by Section 2 of this Act to the
City of Dallas if the City of Dallas conveys real property to the
Texas Board of Criminal Justice:
(1) that is not more than 20 miles from the property
line of the real property described by Section 2 of this Act; and
(2) on which there is a facility the Texas Board of
Criminal Justice determines is comparable to the Dawson State Jail
Facility located on the property described by Section 2 of this Act.
(b) The General Land Office shall negotiate and close a
transaction under this section on behalf of the Texas Board of
Criminal Justice.
(c) Section 272.001, Local Government Code, and Section
31.158, Natural Resources Code, do not apply to a transaction under
this section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies to the real property described
as follows:
Being a 0.907 acre tract of land located in the John Booman Survey,
Abstract number 208, in the City of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas and
being a part of Reunion Plaza and Addition to the City of Dallas,
according to the plot in Volume 87040, Page 6347, Plat records of
Dallas County, Texas more particularly described as follows:
COMMENCING at a found HALFF ASSOC. Iron rod, for the northwest
corner of said Reunion Plaza, and the southerly right-of-way line
of Commerce Street (175' R.O.W.):
THENCE N 76 00'04" E along said southerly right-of-way 21.50 feet
to a set pk nail in asphalt for the POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein
described tract;
THENCE N 76 00'04" E continue along said southerly right-of-way
125.03 feet to a set pk nail in asphalt;
THENCE S 15 09'15" E, departing from said southerly right-of-way,
315.00 feet to a set pk nail in asphalt;
THENCE S 74 30'46" W, 125.00 feet to a set pk nail in asphalt;
THENCE N 15 09'15" W, 317.52 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING,
containing 0.907 Acres (39,534 square feet) of land more or less.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.