By: Huffman S.B. No. 2148
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sale of certain state property in Brazoria County by
the Texas Board of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) Not later than June 30, 2018, the Texas
Board of Criminal Justice shall sell the real property described by
Subsection (d) of this section if the board receives a bid of at
least $740,000 for the property.
(b) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall sell the
property as provided by Section 496.0021, Government Code. The
General Land Office shall negotiate and close a transaction
involving the real property described by this section on behalf of
the board using the procedures under Section 31.158, Natural
Resources Code. The sale shall exclude the mineral interests in and
under the property, and the deed shall contain a provision
expressly reserving the state's interest in and right to remove all
oil, gas, and other minerals in and under the real property
described by Subsection (d) of this section.
(c) In this section, "proposed reservoir tract" means the
2,200 acres sold in Brazoria County by the Texas Board of Criminal
Justice in 2011.
(d) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall sell the
property described as follows:
Approximately 22 acres, more or less, along the un-named
tributary to Oyster Creek within the 2,682 acre tract or parcel of
land conveyed to the Prison Commission of the State of Texas as
recorded in Book 145, Page 307 of the Deed Records Brazoria County,
Texas lying within the Stephen F. Austin League No 8, Abstract 25 in
Brazoria County, Texas near the City of Angleton, Texas. The
approximate boundaries of the 22 acres are: starting at the
confluence of the un-named tributary to Oyster Creek and the Oyster
Creek channel which is located approximately 673 feet north of the
proposed reservoir tract, extending north approximately 3,660 feet
along the un-named tributary to Oyster Creek and extending east and
west of the centerline of said tributary approximately 130 feet;
And, approximately 274 acres along Oyster Creek, more or
less, being part of the 2,682 acre tract or parcel of land conveyed
to the Prison Commission of the State of Texas as recorded in Book
145, Page 307 of the Deed Records of Brazoria County, Texas lying
within the Stephen F. Austin League No. 8, Abstract 25; and the
Stephen Richardson League, abstract 122; and the William Harris
League, abstract 71 in Brazoria County, Texas near the City of
Angleton, Texas. The approximate boundaries of the 274 acres are:
from the confluence of the un-named tributary to Oyster Creek and
Oyster Creek channel, located approximately 673 feet north of the
northeast corner of the proposed reservoir tract to the northeast
corner of the proposed reservoir tract and extending east and west
of the centerline of the Oyster Creek Channel approximately 220
feet; from the northeast corner of the proposed reservoir tract to
the intersection of the center line of Oyster Creek with the eastern
boundary of the old railroad grade road, lands that extend from
approximately 220 feet east of the center line of Oyster Creek,
westward and southward to the proposed reservoir tract; land
extending south and westward from the intersection of centerline of
Oyster Creek and the eastern boundary of the old railroad Grade
road, south through points defined by latitude and longitude
coordinates:
Latitude: 29.260925°, Longitude: -95.527633°;
Latitude: 29.260682°, Longitude: -95.526219°;
Latitude: 29.259672°, Longitude: -95.525333°;
Latitude: 29.259409°, Longitude: -95.523467°;
Latitude: 29.259481°, Longitude: -95.521911°;
Latitude: 29.259356°, Longitude: -95.521045°; and
Latitude: 29.258961°, Longitude: -95.520931° with the
southern boundary being formed by the southern limits of
continguous land conveyed to the Prison Commission of the State of
Texas.
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.