| 1 | | - | By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 2610 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017; |
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| 3 | | - | May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Transportation; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | | - | vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 2610 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to the term for a lease of land owned by certain navigation |
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| 12 | 6 | | districts. |
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| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 60.039, Water Code, is amended by |
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| 15 | 9 | | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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| 16 | 10 | | follows: |
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| 17 | 11 | | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The] |
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| 18 | 12 | | commission may lease the surface of land for not more than 50 years |
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| 19 | 13 | | by the entry of an order on the minutes of the commission and the |
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| 20 | 14 | | execution of a lease in the manner provided by the original order. |
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| 21 | 15 | | The lease may not be extended beyond the 50-year period by renewal, |
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| 22 | 16 | | extension, or otherwise. |
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| 23 | 17 | | (c) This subsection applies only to a district that operates |
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| 24 | 18 | | a port in this state that is wholly located in a county that borders |
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| 25 | 19 | | the Gulf of Mexico and that is adjacent to a county that contains an |
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| 26 | 20 | | international border and borders the Gulf of Mexico. The district |
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| 27 | 21 | | may lease the surface of land for not more than 99 years or may |
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| 28 | 22 | | extend a lease to a period not to exceed 99 years only if: |
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| 29 | 23 | | (1) the lease conveys an interest in the surface of the |
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| 30 | 24 | | land for residential purposes only; |
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| 31 | 25 | | (2) at the time the lease will be entered into or |
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| 32 | 26 | | extended, the district has not less than 50 leases in effect that |
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| 33 | 27 | | convey an interest in the land surface for residential purposes |
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| 34 | 28 | | only; and |
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| 35 | 29 | | (3) any part of the land owned by the district is |
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| 36 | 30 | | subdivided into lots intended for residential use. |
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| 37 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 38 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 32 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 33 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 34 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 2610 was passed by the House on May 4, |
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| 35 | + | 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 36 | + | voting. |
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| 37 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 39 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 2610 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 40 | + | 22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 41 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 43 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 44 | + | Date |
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| 45 | + | _____________________ |
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| 46 | + | Governor |
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