By: Patrick (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 1753
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013;
April 29, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher
Education; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing the board of regents of The University of
Texas System to acquire certain property in the city of Arlington.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The board of regents of The University of Texas
System may acquire by purchase, exchange, gift, or otherwise, for
campus expansion and other university purposes of The University of
Texas at Arlington, all or part of the property in the city of
Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas, that is included within the area
with the boundaries specifically described as follows:
BEGINNING at the corner of E. 3rd Street and South Center
Street;
THENCE South along South Center Street to the intersection of
South Center Street and East Mitchell Street;
THENCE East along East Mitchell Street to the intersection of
East Mitchell Street and South Mesquite Street;
THENCE North along South Mesquite Street to the intersection
of South Mesquite Street and E. 3rd Street;
THENCE West along E. 3rd Street to the beginning intersection
at the corner of E. 3rd Street and South Center Street.
SECTION 2. The title to the property shall be taken in the
name of the board of regents of The University of Texas System and
shall be subject to the control and management of the board in the
manner and to the extent that the property now owned by The
University of Texas System in fee simple is held and controlled.
SECTION 3. This Act does not grant the state or The
University of Texas System the power of eminent domain over the
property.
SECTION 4. 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, 2013.
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