By: Blanco (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 1406
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017;
May 3, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
Resources & Economic Development; May 9, 2017, reported favorably
by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 9, 2017, sent to
printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the asset management division of the
General Land Office to sell real property to a federally recognized
Indian tribe.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 31.0672(a), Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The division may directly sell to a political
subdivision, [or] a development corporation organized under
Subtitle C1, Title 12, Local Government Code, or a federally
recognized Indian tribe, as listed by the United States secretary
of the interior under 25 U.S.C. Section 5131, any real property
owned by the state that the legislature has authorized or the
governor has approved for sale under Subchapter E if the
commissioner determines the sale is in the best interest of the
state.
SECTION 2. 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, 2017.
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