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1		-	84R11225 PMO-D
2	1		By: Raymond H.B. No. 2468
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5	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	5		AN ACT
7	6		relating to the transfer of certain state real property from the
8	7		Texas Department of Transportation to the City of Laredo.
9	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	9		SECTION 1. (a) Subject to Section 2 of this Act, the Texas
11	10		Department of Transportation shall transfer by appropriate
12	11		instrument of transfer to the City of Laredo the real property
13	12		described by Section 3 of this Act.
14	13		(b) Before the transfer of a parcel of real property
15	14		described by Section 3 of this Act is made, a survey of the parcel
16	15		may be conducted by or under the direction of the General Land
17	16		Office.
18	17		(c) The City of Laredo must use the real property described
19	18		by Section 3 of this Act to primarily promote a public purpose of
20	19		the state by enhancing tourism and providing recreation and civic
21	20		improvement.
22	21		SECTION 2. (a) Ownership of the property automatically
23	22		reverts to the State of Texas:
24	23		(1) on request of the Texas Department of
25	24		Transportation; or
26	25		(2) if the City of Laredo:
27	26		(A) fails to promote a public purpose of the
28	27		state as described by Section 1(c) of this Act; or
29	28		(B) sells all or any part of the property.
30	29		(b) The state reserves:
31	30		(1) the state's interest in all oil, gas, and other
32	31		minerals in and under the real property described by Section 3 of
33	32		this Act;
34	33		(2) the state's right to remove from the real property
35	34		described by Section 3 of this Act any oil, gas, and other minerals
36	35		in and under the real property; and
37	36		(3) the state's right to grant a lease held by the
38	37		state before a conveyance of real property described by Section 3 of
39	38		this Act relating to the removal of oil, gas, and other minerals in
40	39		and under the real property.
41	40		(c) Sections 31.1571 and 31.158, Natural Resources Code, do
42	41		not apply to the transfer of real property authorized by this Act.
43	42		SECTION 3. The real property held by the Texas Department of
44	43		Transportation, which are remainder properties from the expansion
45	44		and extension of Interstate Highway 35, which said four remnant
46	45		tracts within the corporate limits of the City of Laredo and bounded
47	46		on the north by Victoria Street; bounded on the east by Santa Ursula
48	47		Avenue; bounded on the south by Hidalgo Street; and bounded on the
49	48		west by San Dario Avenue, and are more particularly described as
50	49		follows:
51	50		Tract 1 (North most tract) bounded on north by Victoria Street; on
52	51		the east by Santa Ursula Avenue; bounded on the south by Houston
53	52		Street and bounded on the west by San Dario Avenue.
54	53		Tract 2 bounded on the north by Houston Street; on the east by Santa
55	54		Ursula Avenue; on the south by Matamoros Street and on the west by
56	55		San Dario Avenue.
57	56		Tract 3 bounded on the north by Matamoros Street, on the east by
58	57		Santa Ursula Avenue; on the south by Farragut Street and on the west
59	58		by San Dario Avenue.
60	59		Tract 4 (Southernmost tract) bounded on the north by Matamoros
61	60		Street, on the east by Santa Ursula Avenue on the south by Hidalgo
62	61		Street and on the west by San Dario Avenue.
63	62		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
64	63		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
65	64		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
66	65		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
67	66		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.