1 | 1 | | By: Huffman S.B. No. 2148 |
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4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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6 | 6 | | relating to the sale of certain state property in Brazoria County by |
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7 | 7 | | the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. |
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8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. (a) Not later than June 30, 2018, the Texas |
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10 | 10 | | Board of Criminal Justice shall sell the real property described by |
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11 | 11 | | Subsection (d) of this section if the board receives a bid of at |
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12 | 12 | | least $740,000 for the property. |
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13 | 13 | | (b) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall sell the |
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14 | 14 | | property as provided by Section 496.0021, Government Code. The |
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15 | 15 | | General Land Office shall negotiate and close a transaction |
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16 | 16 | | involving the real property described by this section on behalf of |
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17 | 17 | | the board using the procedures under Section 31.158, Natural |
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18 | 18 | | Resources Code. The sale shall exclude the mineral interests in and |
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19 | 19 | | under the property, and the deed shall contain a provision |
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20 | 20 | | expressly reserving the state's interest in and right to remove all |
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21 | 21 | | oil, gas, and other minerals in and under the real property |
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22 | 22 | | described by Subsection (d) of this section. |
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23 | 23 | | (c) In this section, "proposed reservoir tract" means the |
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24 | 24 | | 2,200 acres sold in Brazoria County by the Texas Board of Criminal |
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25 | 25 | | Justice in 2011. |
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26 | 26 | | (d) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall sell the |
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27 | 27 | | property described as follows: |
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28 | 28 | | Approximately 22 acres, more or less, along the un-named |
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29 | 29 | | tributary to Oyster Creek within the 2,682 acre tract or parcel of |
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30 | 30 | | land conveyed to the Prison Commission of the State of Texas as |
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31 | 31 | | recorded in Book 145, Page 307 of the Deed Records Brazoria County, |
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32 | 32 | | Texas lying within the Stephen F. Austin League No 8, Abstract 25 in |
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33 | 33 | | Brazoria County, Texas near the City of Angleton, Texas. The |
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34 | 34 | | approximate boundaries of the 22 acres are: starting at the |
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35 | 35 | | confluence of the un-named tributary to Oyster Creek and the Oyster |
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36 | 36 | | Creek channel which is located approximately 673 feet north of the |
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37 | 37 | | proposed reservoir tract, extending north approximately 3,660 feet |
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38 | 38 | | along the un-named tributary to Oyster Creek and extending east and |
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39 | 39 | | west of the centerline of said tributary approximately 130 feet; |
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40 | 40 | | And, approximately 274 acres along Oyster Creek, more or |
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41 | 41 | | less, being part of the 2,682 acre tract or parcel of land conveyed |
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42 | 42 | | to the Prison Commission of the State of Texas as recorded in Book |
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43 | 43 | | 145, Page 307 of the Deed Records of Brazoria County, Texas lying |
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44 | 44 | | within the Stephen F. Austin League No. 8, Abstract 25; and the |
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45 | 45 | | Stephen Richardson League, abstract 122; and the William Harris |
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46 | 46 | | League, abstract 71 in Brazoria County, Texas near the City of |
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47 | 47 | | Angleton, Texas. The approximate boundaries of the 274 acres are: |
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48 | 48 | | from the confluence of the un-named tributary to Oyster Creek and |
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49 | 49 | | Oyster Creek channel, located approximately 673 feet north of the |
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50 | 50 | | northeast corner of the proposed reservoir tract to the northeast |
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51 | 51 | | corner of the proposed reservoir tract and extending east and west |
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52 | 52 | | of the centerline of the Oyster Creek Channel approximately 220 |
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53 | 53 | | feet; from the northeast corner of the proposed reservoir tract to |
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54 | 54 | | the intersection of the center line of Oyster Creek with the eastern |
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55 | 55 | | boundary of the old railroad grade road, lands that extend from |
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56 | 56 | | approximately 220 feet east of the center line of Oyster Creek, |
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57 | 57 | | westward and southward to the proposed reservoir tract; land |
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58 | 58 | | extending south and westward from the intersection of centerline of |
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59 | 59 | | Oyster Creek and the eastern boundary of the old railroad Grade |
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60 | 60 | | road, south through points defined by latitude and longitude |
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61 | 61 | | coordinates: |
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62 | 62 | | Latitude: 29.260925°, Longitude: -95.527633°; |
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63 | 63 | | Latitude: 29.260682°, Longitude: -95.526219°; |
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64 | 64 | | Latitude: 29.259672°, Longitude: -95.525333°; |
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65 | 65 | | Latitude: 29.259409°, Longitude: -95.523467°; |
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66 | 66 | | Latitude: 29.259481°, Longitude: -95.521911°; |
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67 | 67 | | Latitude: 29.259356°, Longitude: -95.521045°; and |
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68 | 68 | | Latitude: 29.258961°, Longitude: -95.520931° with the |
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69 | 69 | | southern boundary being formed by the southern limits of |
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70 | 70 | | continguous land conveyed to the Prison Commission of the State of |
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71 | 71 | | Texas. |
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72 | 72 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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73 | 73 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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74 | 74 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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75 | 75 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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76 | 76 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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