1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 4541 |
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4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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5 | 5 | | relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas |
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6 | 6 | | Department of Public Safety to Webb County. |
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7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. (a) Not later than May 1, 2010, the Texas |
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9 | 9 | | Department of Public Safety shall transfer to Webb County the real |
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10 | 10 | | property described by Section 3 of this Act. |
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11 | 11 | | (b) Webb County shall use the property transferred under |
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12 | 12 | | this Act only for a purpose that benefits the public interest of the |
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13 | 13 | | state. If Webb County uses the property for any purpose other than |
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14 | 14 | | a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state, ownership |
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15 | 15 | | of the property automatically reverts to the Texas Department of |
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16 | 16 | | Public Safety. |
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17 | 17 | | (c) The Texas Department of Public Safety shall transfer the |
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18 | 18 | | property by an appropriate instrument of transfer. The instrument |
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19 | 19 | | of transfer must: |
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20 | 20 | | (1) provide that: |
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21 | 21 | | (A) Webb County use the property only for a |
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22 | 22 | | purpose that benefits the public interest of the state; and |
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23 | 23 | | (B) ownership of the property will automatically |
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24 | 24 | | revert to the Texas Department of Public Safety if Webb County uses |
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25 | 25 | | the property for any purpose other than a purpose that benefits the |
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26 | 26 | | public interest of the state; and |
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27 | 27 | | (2) describe the property to be transferred by metes |
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28 | 28 | | and bounds. |
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29 | 29 | | (d) The Texas Department of Public Safety shall retain |
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30 | 30 | | custody of the instrument of transfer after the instrument of |
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31 | 31 | | transfer is filed in the real property records of Webb County. |
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32 | 32 | | (e) Webb County shall pay any transaction fees resulting |
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33 | 33 | | from the transfer of property under this Act. |
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34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. Before the transfer of the real property |
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35 | 35 | | authorized by Section 1 of this Act, Webb County shall obtain, at |
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36 | 36 | | Webb County's expense, a survey of the metes and bounds description |
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37 | 37 | | for the transfer instrument. |
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38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. The real property referred to in Section 1 of |
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39 | 39 | | this Act is described as follows: |
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40 | 40 | | TRACT I: |
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41 | 41 | | A tract of land in Webb County, Texas, containing 1.4733 |
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42 | 42 | | acres, more or less, out of Leonardo Sanchez Porcion 23, Abstract |
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43 | 43 | | 283, being out of a 72.4428 acre tract conveyed to J.C. Martin, III, |
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44 | 44 | | et al, by Abe Calamusa, Individually and for the Estate of Elizabeth |
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45 | 45 | | Borrello Baccaro, Deceased, et al, by Deed dated January 29, 1972, |
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46 | 46 | | recorded in Volume 416, Pages 493-98 of the Deed Records of Webb |
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47 | 47 | | County, Texas; this 1.4733 acre tract being more particularly |
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48 | 48 | | described as follows, to-wit: |
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49 | 49 | | Commencing (for a connection) at a fence corner on the east |
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50 | 50 | | right-of-way line of Interstate Highway No. 35 at its intersection |
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51 | 51 | | with the south line of the original Baccaro Tract and north line of |
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52 | 52 | | the Ortiz Tract, said fence corner being the westerly southwest |
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53 | 53 | | corner of said 72.4428 acre tract; |
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54 | 54 | | THENCE N. 1858'29" E. 366.90 feet with the east right-of-way line |
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55 | 55 | | of Interstate Highway 35 to a point which bears S 7653'15" E. 0.27 |
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56 | 56 | | feet from the center of a steel fence post, the northwest corner of |
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57 | 57 | | a 5.0 acre tract as fenced, and the southwest and beginning corner |
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58 | 58 | | of this tract; |
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59 | 59 | | THENCE N. 1858'29" E. 190.67 feet with the east right-of-way of |
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60 | 60 | | Interstate Highway 35 to a 1/2" steel rod, the westerly southwest |
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61 | 61 | | corner of a 3.5000 acre tract and the northwest corner of this |
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62 | 62 | | tract; |
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63 | 63 | | THENCE S. 7110'47" E. 372.87 feet with the south line of said 3.5000 |
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64 | 64 | | acre tract a 1/2" steel rod, an interior corner of said 3.5000 acre |
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65 | 65 | | tract and the northeast corner of this tract; |
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66 | 66 | | THENCE S. 1849'13" W. 153.66 feet with lower west line of said |
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67 | 67 | | 3.5000 acre tract to a 1/2" steel rod on the north line of said 5.0 |
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68 | 68 | | acre tract, the southerly southwest corner of said 3.5000 acre |
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69 | 69 | | tract and the southeast corner of this tract; |
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70 | 70 | | THENCE N. 7610'47"W. 25.6 feet to a steel fence corner post of a |
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71 | 71 | | chain link fence on the occupied north line of said 5.0 acre tract |
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72 | 72 | | and a deflection corner of this tract; |
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73 | 73 | | THENCE N. 7653'15"W. 349.62 feet with chain link fence on the |
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74 | 74 | | occupied north line of said 5.0 acre tract to the place of |
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75 | 75 | | beginning. |
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76 | 76 | | TRACT II: |
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77 | 77 | | A strip of land along and adjacent to the west boundary line |
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78 | 78 | | of Tract I approximately 200 feet in width, which tract is bounded |
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79 | 79 | | on its south side by an extension of the south boundary line of |
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80 | 80 | | Tract I southwesterly along the same course as the south boundary |
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81 | 81 | | line of Tract I from the southwest corner of Tract I to a point on |
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82 | 82 | | the original west boundary line of that certain tract known as the |
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83 | 83 | | Nick Baccaro Tract, which is also the west line of that certain |
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84 | 84 | | right-of-way easement under instrument executed by Elizabeth B. |
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85 | 85 | | Baccaro on September 5, 1958, to the State of Texas of record in |
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86 | 86 | | Vol. 264, Pages 138-139, of the Deed Records of Webb County, Texas; |
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87 | 87 | | and is bounded on the east side by the west boundary line of Tract I; |
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88 | 88 | | and is bounded on the north side by an extension of a line parallel |
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89 | 89 | | with the north boundary line of Tract I hereinabove described, but |
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90 | 90 | | which commences at the northwest corner of Tract I and extends from |
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91 | 91 | | said point in a northwesterly direction, being N. 7110'47"W. to its |
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92 | 92 | | junction with the original west boundary line of said Nick Baccaro |
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93 | 93 | | Tract, also the west boundary line of said right-of-way easement to |
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94 | 94 | | the State of Texas hereinabove referred to; and is bounded on its |
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95 | 95 | | west side by the original west boundary of said Nick Baccaro Tract |
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96 | 96 | | and the west line of said right-of-way easement to the State of |
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97 | 97 | | Texas extending from its junction with the south boundary line |
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98 | 98 | | hereof and the north boundary line hereof; subject, however, to all |
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99 | 99 | | rights of the State of Texas and its successors and assigns under |
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100 | 100 | | right-of-way easement dated September 5, 1958, and recorded in Vol. |
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101 | 101 | | 264, Pages 138-139, of the Deed Records of Webb County, Texas. |
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102 | 102 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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103 | 103 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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104 | 104 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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105 | 105 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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106 | 106 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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107 | 107 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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108 | 108 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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109 | 109 | | I certify that H.B. No. 4541 was passed by the House on April |
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110 | 110 | | 30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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111 | 111 | | voting. |
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112 | 112 | | ______________________________ |
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113 | 113 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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114 | 114 | | I certify that H.B. No. 4541 was passed by the Senate on May |
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115 | 115 | | 22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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116 | 116 | | ______________________________ |
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117 | 117 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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118 | 118 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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119 | 119 | | Date |
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120 | 120 | | _____________________ |
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121 | 121 | | Governor |
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