85R3684 DMS-D
By: Capriglione H.B. No. 997
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to approval and recording requirements for certain
conveyances of land owned by political subdivisions to the United
States.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 272, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 272.0001 to read as follows:
Sec. 272.0001. GOVERNOR'S APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN
CONVEYANCES OF LAND. (a) A political subdivision must provide the
governor with advance notice of a proposed conveyance of land owned
by the political subdivision to the United States. The notice must
be sent to the governor not later than the 30th day before the date:
(1) notice is published under Section 272.001; or
(2) the land is offered for sale or exchange, if
Section 272.001 is not applicable to the sale or exchange.
(b) In addition to the advance notice of the proposed
conveyance to the United States, the political subdivision shall
submit to the governor a formal request for approval of the sale or
exchange. The political subdivision may conduct the sale or
exchange unless the governor gives the political subdivision
written notice disapproving the sale or exchange. The governor
must provide written notice of disapproval under this section not
later than the 30th day after the date the governor receives the
written request for approval.
(c) This section does not apply to the sale or exchange of
public land for use as a federal post office.
SECTION 2. Chapter 272, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 272.007 to read as follows:
Sec. 272.007. INFORMATION ABOUT CERTAIN CONVEYANCES OF LAND
POSTED ON WEBSITE. (a) The General Land Office shall post
information relating to the conveyance of any public land by a
political subdivision to the United States, including land sold or
exchanged for use as a federal post office, on the agency's Internet
website. The information must be publicly accessible and include
the following for each sale or exchange:
(1) the entity acquiring the land;
(2) the entity offering the land for sale or exchange;
(3) the purchase price of the land or the value of the
property for which the land was exchanged; and
(4) the date of the sale or exchange.
(b) A political subdivision shall provide the General Land
Office the information described by Subsection (a) not later than
the 30th day after the date the land is sold or exchanged.
(c) The commissioner of the General Land Office shall adopt
any rules necessary to implement this section.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act do not apply
to the sale or exchange of land for which:
(1) notice of the offer of the sale or exchange is
published under Section 272.001, Local Government Code, before the
effective date of this Act; or
(2) the offer of the sale or exchange is made before
the effective date of this Act, if Section 272.001, Local
Government Code, does not apply to the sale or exchange.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.