1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 1652 |
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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 Criminal Justice to Mitchell 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 the 30th day after the |
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9 | 9 | | effective date of this Act, the Texas Department of Criminal |
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10 | 10 | | Justice shall transfer to Mitchell County the real property |
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11 | 11 | | described by Subsection (e) of this section. |
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12 | 12 | | (b) Mitchell County shall use the property transferred |
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13 | 13 | | under this Act only for a purpose that benefits the public interest |
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14 | 14 | | of the state. If Mitchell County uses the property for any purpose |
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15 | 15 | | other than a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state, |
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16 | 16 | | ownership of the property automatically reverts to the Texas |
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17 | 17 | | Department of Criminal Justice. |
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18 | 18 | | (c) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer |
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19 | 19 | | the property by an appropriate instrument of transfer. The |
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20 | 20 | | instrument of transfer must: |
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21 | 21 | | (1) provide that: |
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22 | 22 | | (A) Mitchell County use the property only for a |
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23 | 23 | | purpose that benefits the public interest of the state; and |
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24 | 24 | | (B) ownership of the property will automatically |
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25 | 25 | | revert to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if Mitchell |
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26 | 26 | | County uses the property for any purpose other than a purpose that |
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27 | 27 | | benefits the public interest of the state; and |
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28 | 28 | | (2) describe the property to be transferred by metes |
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29 | 29 | | and bounds. |
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30 | 30 | | (d) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall retain |
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31 | 31 | | custody of the instrument of transfer after the instrument of |
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32 | 32 | | transfer is filed in the real property records of Mitchell County. |
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33 | 33 | | (e) The real property referred to in this section is |
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34 | 34 | | described as follows: |
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35 | 35 | | Tract 1 |
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36 | 36 | | 221.72 acres of land out of Section 31, Block 26, T&P Rwy. Co |
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37 | 37 | | Surveys, Mitchell County, Texas, and being the middle 1/2 of that |
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38 | 38 | | portion of said Section 31 north of Interstate 20. Described |
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39 | 39 | | further by metes and bounds as follows: |
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40 | 40 | | Beginning: At an iron pin in the north line of said section |
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41 | 41 | | that is N 76 38' 11" E - 1184.8' from the N.W. corner of said Section |
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42 | 42 | | 31 |
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43 | 43 | | Thence: N 76 38' 11" E - 2550.8' along said north line to an |
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44 | 44 | | iron pin |
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45 | 45 | | Thence: S 12 51' 41" E - 3325.7' to an iron pin in the north |
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46 | 46 | | r/w of Interstate 20 |
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47 | 47 | | Thence: S 56 49' 49" W - 2719.9' along said r/w to an iron pin |
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48 | 48 | | Thence: N 12 51' 41" W - 4247.3' to the place of beginning and |
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49 | 49 | | containing 221.72 acres of land more or less. |
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50 | 50 | | (f) Mitchell County shall pay any transaction fees |
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51 | 51 | | resulting from the transfer of property under this Act. |
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52 | 52 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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53 | 53 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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54 | 54 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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55 | 55 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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56 | 56 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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57 | 57 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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58 | 58 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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59 | 59 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1652 passed the Senate on |
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60 | 60 | | April 30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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61 | 61 | | ______________________________ |
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62 | 62 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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63 | 63 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1652 passed the House on |
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64 | 64 | | May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, two |
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65 | 65 | | present not voting. |
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66 | 66 | | ______________________________ |
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67 | 67 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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68 | 68 | | Approved: |
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69 | 69 | | ______________________________ |
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70 | 70 | | Date |
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71 | 71 | | ______________________________ |
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72 | 72 | | Governor |
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