Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1962 Latest Draft

Bill / Enrolled Version Filed 05/26/2019

                            H.B. No. 1962


 AN ACT
 relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State
 Library and Archives Commission, including the custody and
 ownership of certain state records and real property.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Chapter 324, Government Code, is amended by
 adding Sections 324.0085 and 324.0086 to read as follows:
 Sec. 324.0085.  LEGISLATIVE RECORDS. (a)  The library is
 the depository for any record created or received by the office of a
 member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor during that
 official's term of office.
 (b)  The legislative entity that transferred records to the
 library retains ownership and legal custody of those records,
 including records placed in a depository outside the library. The
 legislative entity may retrieve the records for the legislature's
 use. The director and library employees shall assist the
 legislative entity with retrieval of the records and shall return
 the records to the library following the legislature's use.
 (c)  The director shall protect privileged or confidential
 legislative records held by the library from public disclosure at
 the direction of the legislative entity that transferred the
 records to the library.
 (d)  The director shall receive requests under Chapter 552
 for legislative records held by the library and respond as directed
 by the officer for public information of the legislative entity
 that transferred the records to the library. The director shall
 notify the appropriate officer for public information as soon as
 practicable after receiving a request described by this subsection.
 Sec. 324.0086.  PLACEMENT IN OTHER DEPOSITORY. (a)  A
 member of the legislature may apply to the board to place records
 that were created or received by the member's office during the
 member's term in a depository other than the library.
 (b)  The board shall:
 (1)  create a list of preapproved depositories in which
 members of the legislature may place records of their legislative
 offices; and
 (2)  by rule adopt policies and procedures to approve
 additional depositories.
 (c)  The director is responsible for the preservation of
 records described by Subsection (a) placed in a depository other
 than the library. Ownership and legal custody of the records remain
 with the legislature as provided by Section 324.0085. The records
 may not be intermingled with other holdings of the institution that
 serves as a depository.
 SECTION 2.  Section 441.001(q), Government Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 (q)  The Texas State Library and Archives Commission is
 subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in
 existence as provided by that chapter, the commission is abolished
 September 1, 2031 [2019].
 SECTION 3.  Section 441.0011, Government Code, is amended by
 amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
 follows:
 (b)  The training program must provide the person with
 information regarding:
 (1)  the law governing [legislation that created the]
 commission operations;
 (2)  the programs, functions, rules, and budget of the
 commission;
 (3)  the scope of and limitations on the rulemaking
 authority of the commission;
 (4)  the results of the most recent formal audit of the
 commission;
 (5) [(4)]  the requirements of:
 (A)  laws relating to open meetings, public
 information, administrative procedure, and disclosing conflicts of
 interest; and
 (B)  other laws applicable to members of a state
 policymaking body in performing their duties; and
 (6) [(5)]  any applicable ethics policies adopted by
 the commission or the Texas Ethics Commission.
 (d)  The director and librarian shall create a training
 manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b).
 The director and librarian shall distribute a copy of the training
 manual annually to each member of the commission. Each member of
 the commission shall sign and submit to the director and librarian a
 statement acknowledging that the member received and has reviewed
 the training manual.
 SECTION 4.  Section 441.006(b), Government Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 (b)  The commission may:
 (1)  purchase, as state property, any suitable book,
 picture, or similar item, within the limits of the annual
 legislative appropriation;
 (2)  receive a donation or gift of money, property, or
 services on any terms and conditions it considers proper as long as
 the state does not incur financial liability;
 (3)  accept, receive, and administer federal funds made
 available by grant or loan to improve the public libraries of this
 state;
 (4)  contract or agree with the governing body or head
 of a county, city, or town of this state to meet the terms
 prescribed by the United States and consistent with state law for
 the expenditure of federal funds for improving public libraries;
 [and]
 (5)  participate in the establishment and operation of
 an affiliated nonprofit organization whose purpose is to raise
 funds for or provide services or other benefits to the commission;
 and
 (6)  use general revenue, grants, donations, gifts,
 and, if authorized by federal law, federal funds to advertise and
 promote commission programs and increase participation in and
 awareness of those programs.
 SECTION 5.  Subchapter A, Chapter 441, Government Code, is
 amended by adding Section 441.0065 to read as follows:
 Sec. 441.0065.  ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The commission
 may establish an advisory committee to make recommendations to the
 commission on programs, rules, and policies affecting the delivery
 of information services in the state.
 (b)  In establishing an advisory committee under this
 section, the commission shall adopt rules regarding:
 (1)  the purpose, role, responsibility, and goals of
 the committee;
 (2)  the size and quorum requirement of the committee;
 (3)  qualifications for committee membership;
 (4)  appointment procedures for members;
 (5)  terms of service for members;
 (6)  training requirements for members;
 (7)  a periodic review process to evaluate the
 continuing need for the committee; and
 (8)  a requirement that committee meetings be open to
 the public.
 SECTION 6.  Sections 441.0945(a) and (b), Government Code,
 are amended to read as follows:
 (a)  A county record may be destroyed if the record is listed
 on a valid [the] records schedule and implementation plan [accepted
 for filing by the director and librarian] and either its retention
 period has expired or it has been microfilmed or stored
 electronically in accordance with applicable law.
 (b)  The retention period of a record as listed on [director
 and librarian or a person on the staff of the director and librarian
 may reject] the records schedule and implementation plan must be at
 least as long as [for a record if the retention period of the record
 as listed on the plan is less than] the retention period for the
 record established on a records retention schedule issued by the
 commission [by the county records manual. If the plan is rejected,
 the director and librarian or staff person shall file with the
 custodian the rejected schedule and a statement of the reasons for
 rejection not later than the 30th day after the date the director
 and librarian or staff person received the records schedule and
 implementation plan. If a schedule is rejected under this
 subsection, the custodian may submit an amended schedule].
 SECTION 7.  Sections 441.095(d) and (e), Government Code,
 are amended to read as follows:
 (d)  A custodian may dispose of a county record that is not
 listed on a records retention schedule issued by the commission if,
 not [Not] later than the 10th day before the date the [a] record is
 destroyed, the custodian files and records [shall file and record]
 a notice with the county clerk.  The notice must indicate the record
 to be destroyed, how it is to be destroyed, and the date of its
 destruction.  On the day the notice is filed, the county clerk shall
 post a copy of it in the same manner that a notice of a meeting is
 posted under Chapter 551.
 (e)  The custodian may destroy the record at any time after
 [the director and librarian has approved the destruction and] the
 notice required by Subsection (d) has been posted for 10 days by the
 county clerk.
 SECTION 8.  Section 441.153, Government Code, is amended by
 amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
 follows:
 (f)  Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (g), title
 [Title] to historical resources placed in a depository by the
 commission remains with the commission, and the historical
 resources may not be intermingled with other holdings of the
 institution that serves as a depository.
 (g)  A depository may apply to the commission to transfer to
 the depository title to local historical resources placed in the
 depository by the commission. The commission shall approve the
 application only if the transfer of title is in the state's best
 interest. The commission, in consultation with depositories, shall
 adopt rules providing an application procedure and standards for
 evaluating applications to transfer title to local historical
 resources to depositories. This subsection does not authorize the
 commission to transfer title to state historical resources.
 SECTION 9.  Section 441.167, Government Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 Sec. 441.167.  ASSISTANCE [STATUTORY FILING] AND
 INFORMATION [REVIEW]. The director and librarian may designate
 employees of the commission to provide assistance and information
 to local governments on records management issues under [act as
 deputies in the approval or disapproval or acceptance or rejection
 for filing of any records control schedule, destruction
 authorization request, electronic storage authorization request,
 or other statutory filing required by] Subtitle C, Title 6, Local
 Government Code, or rules adopted under it.
 SECTION 10.  Subchapter J, Chapter 441, Government Code, is
 amended by adding Section 441.169 to read as follows:
 Sec. 441.169.  DUTIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. Each local
 government shall:
 (1)  submit to the director and librarian the name of
 the local government's records management officer identified under
 Section 203.001, Local Government Code, or designated under Section
 203.025, Local Government Code, and the name of the new officer in
 the event of a change;
 (2)  file a plan or an ordinance or order establishing a
 records management program and any amendments to the plan or
 ordinance or order with the director and librarian as required by
 Sections 203.005 and 203.026, Local Government Code;
 (3)  notify the commission at least 10 days before
 destroying a local government record that does not appear on a
 records retention schedule issued by the commission; and
 (4)  file with the director and librarian a written
 certification as provided by Section 203.041, Local Government
 Code, that the local government has prepared a records control
 schedule that:
 (A)  establishes a retention period for each local
 government record as required by Subchapter C, Chapter 203, Local
 Government Code; and
 (B)  complies with a local government records
 retention schedule distributed by the director and librarian under
 Section 441.158 and any other state and federal requirements.
 SECTION 11.  Section 441.180, Government Code, is amended by
 adding Subdivision (6-a) and amending Subdivisions (9) and (11) to
 read as follows:
 (6-a)  "Legislative record" means any record created or
 received by the office of a member of the legislature or the
 lieutenant governor during the official's term of office.
 (9)  "State agency" means:
 (A)  any department, commission, board, office,
 or other agency in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch
 of state government created by the constitution or a statute of this
 state and includes[, including] an eleemosynary institution but
 does not include the office of a member of the legislature or the
 lieutenant governor;
 (B)  any university system and its components and
 any institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003,
 Education Code, except a public junior college, not governed by a
 university system board;
 (C)  the Texas Municipal Retirement System and the
 Texas County and District Retirement System; and
 (D)  any public nonprofit corporation created by
 the legislature whose responsibilities and authority are not
 limited to a geographical area less than that of the state.
 (11)  "State record" means any written, photographic,
 machine-readable, or other recorded information created or
 received by or on behalf of a state agency or an elected state
 official that documents activities in the conduct of state business
 or use of public resources. The term includes any recorded
 information created or received by a Texas government official in
 the conduct of official business, including officials from periods
 in which Texas was a province, colony, republic, or state. The term
 does not include:
 (A)  library or museum material made or acquired
 and maintained solely for reference or exhibition purposes;
 (B)  an extra copy of recorded information
 maintained only for reference; [or]
 (C)  a stock of publications or blank forms; or
 (D)  a legislative record.
 SECTION 12.  Subchapter L, Chapter 441, Government Code, is
 amended by adding Sections 441.1815, 441.1935, and 441.1965 to read
 as follows:
 Sec. 441.1815.  STATE ARCHIVES STRATEGIC PLAN. The
 commission, with input from interested persons, shall develop and
 implement a comprehensive strategic plan regarding the state
 archives. The commission shall update the strategic plan at least
 once every five years. The strategic plan must include:
 (1)  an assessment of any current archives backlog;
 (2)  a prioritized list of projects and goals related
 to the state archives;
 (3)  an evaluation of the resources needed to achieve
 the commission's goals related to the state archives, including the
 impact that different amounts of those resources are expected to
 have on the commission's ability to achieve those goals;
 (4)  performance measures, targets, and timeframes for
 achieving the commission's goals related to the state archives;
 (5)  a mechanism for regular reporting to the
 commission on progress toward achieving the commission's goals
 related to the state archives; and
 (6)  opportunities and standards for entering into
 collaborative agreements with interested persons regarding the
 state archives.
 Sec. 441.1935.  REQUIREMENTS FOR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION
 HELD BY STATE ARCHIVES PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall
 promulgate a form that persons must use to request access to
 information held by the state archives program. The form must allow
 the requestor to designate the request either as a request for
 public information made under Chapter 552 or as a research request
 not subject to the requirements of that chapter. The form must
 include:
 (1)  a plain-language explanation of the difference
 between a request for public information made under Chapter 552 and
 a research request not subject to the requirements of that chapter;
 (2)  the requirements for making and responding to each
 type of request; and
 (3)  an option for the requestor to change the type of
 request at any time.
 (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, a request for
 information held by the state archives program is considered to be a
 request for public information under Chapter 552 only if the
 requestor makes the request using the form described by Subsection
 (a) and on the form designates the request as a request for public
 information under Chapter 552.
 Sec. 441.1965.  SALE OF REPLICAS FROM STATE ARCHIVES. (a)
 The commission may sell replicas of archival state records and
 other historical resources in its custody subject to the approval
 of the commission.
 (b)  Money received from the sale of replicas under
 Subsection (a) shall be deposited to the credit of a dedicated
 account in the general revenue fund and may be appropriated only to
 the commission for the purposes of preservation, digitization,
 archives information services, and education.
 SECTION 13.  Section 202.001(a), Local Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (a)  A local government record may be destroyed if:
 (1)  the record is listed on a valid records control
 schedule [accepted for filing by the director and librarian as
 provided by Section 203.041] and either its retention period has
 expired or it has been microfilmed or stored electronically in
 accordance with the requirements of Chapters 204 and 205;
 (2)  the record appears on a list of obsolete records
 [approved by the director and librarian] as provided by Section
 203.044; or
 (3)  the [a destruction request is filed with and
 approved by the director and librarian as provided by Section
 203.045 for a] record is not listed on a records retention [an
 approved control] schedule issued by the commission and the local
 government provides notice to the commission at least 10 days
 before destroying the record as required by Section 441.169,
 Government Code.
 SECTION 14.  Section 203.002, Local Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 203.002.  DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ELECTED COUNTY
 OFFICERS AS RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICERS. The elected county
 officer shall:
 (1)  develop policies and procedures for the
 administration of an active and continuing records management
 program;
 (2)  administer the records management program so as to
 reduce the costs and improve the efficiency of recordkeeping;
 (3)  [prepare and file with the director and librarian
 the records control schedules and amended schedules required by
 Section 203.041 and the list of obsolete records as provided by
 Section 203.044;
 [(4)     prepare requests for authorization to destroy
 records not on an approved control schedule as provided by Section
 203.045, requests to destroy the originals of permanent records
 that have been microfilmed as provided by Section 204.008, and
 electronic storage authorization requests as provided by Section
 205.007;
 [(5)]  identify and take adequate steps to preserve
 records that are of permanent value;
 (4) [(6)]  identify and take adequate steps to protect
 the essential records of the office;
 (5) [(7)]  ensure that the maintenance, preservation,
 microfilming, destruction, or other disposition of records is
 carried out in accordance with the policies and procedures of the
 records management program and the requirements of this subtitle
 and rules adopted under it; and
 (6) [(8)]  cooperate with the commission in its conduct
 of statewide records management surveys.
 SECTION 15.  Section 203.023, Local Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 203.023.  DUTIES OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER. The
 records management officer in each local government shall:
 (1)  assist in establishing and developing policies and
 procedures for a records management program for the local
 government;
 (2)  administer the records management program and
 provide assistance to custodians for the purposes of reducing the
 costs and improving the efficiency of recordkeeping;
 (3)  in cooperation with the custodians of the
 records,[:
 [(A)]  prepare [and file with the director and
 librarian] the records control schedules and amended schedules
 required by Section 203.041 and the list of obsolete records as
 provided by Section 203.044[; and
 [(B)     prepare or direct the preparation of
 requests for authorization to destroy records not on an approved
 control schedule as provided by Section 203.045, of requests to
 destroy the originals of permanent records that have been
 microfilmed as provided by Section 204.008, and of electronic
 storage authorization requests as provided by Section 205.007];
 (4)  in cooperation with custodians, identify and take
 adequate steps to preserve local government records that are of
 permanent value;
 (5)  in cooperation with custodians, identify and take
 adequate steps to protect essential local government records;
 (6)  in cooperation with custodians, ensure that the
 maintenance, preservation, microfilming, destruction, or other
 disposition of records is carried out in accordance with the
 policies and procedures of the local government's records
 management program and the requirements of this subtitle and rules
 adopted under it;
 (7)  disseminate to the governing body and custodians
 information concerning state laws, administrative rules, and the
 policies of the government relating to local government records;
 and
 (8)  in cooperation with custodians, establish
 procedures to ensure that the handling of records in any context of
 the records management program by the records management officer or
 those under the officer's authority is carried out with due regard
 for:
 (A)  the duties and responsibilities of
 custodians that may be imposed by law; and
 (B)  the confidentiality of information in
 records to which access is restricted by law.
 SECTION 16.  The heading to Section 203.041, Local
 Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 203.041.  PREPARATION [AND FILING] OF RECORDS CONTROL
 SCHEDULES.
 SECTION 17.  Sections 203.041(a), (d), (f), and (g), Local
 Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
 (a)  On or before January 4, 1999, the records management
 officer shall [prepare and file with the director and librarian]:
 (1)  prepare a records control schedule listing the
 following records and establishing a retention period for each as
 provided by Section 203.042:
 (A)  all records created or received by the local
 government or elective county office;
 (B)  any record no longer created or received by
 the local government or elective county office that is still in its
 possession and for which the retention period on a records
 retention schedule issued by the commission has not expired; and
 (C)  any record no longer created or received by
 the local government or elective county office that is still in its
 possession and for which the retention period on a records
 retention schedule issued by the commission has expired but which
 will not be destroyed as provided by Section 203.044; and [or]
 (2)  [the records management officer, in lieu of filing
 a records control schedule, may] file with the director and
 librarian a written certification of compliance that the local
 government or the elective county office has adopted records
 control schedules that comply with the minimum requirements
 established on records retention schedules issued by the
 commission.
 (d)  The records management officer shall review the records
 control schedules of the local government or elective county office
 and prepare amendments to the schedules as needed to reflect new
 records created or received by the government or office or
 revisions to retention periods established in a records retention
 schedule issued by the commission. The records management officer
 shall file with the director and librarian a written certification
 of compliance that the local government or the elective county
 office has amended the records control schedules to comply with the
 minimum requirements established on records retention schedules
 issued by the commission [Amendments to records control schedules
 shall be filed with the director and librarian in the same manner as
 the original schedules].
 (f)  Records control schedules may be prepared [filed] on an
 office-by-office basis or on a department-by-department basis
 within each office.
 (g)  A local government that intends to retain all records
 permanently or that destroys only those records for which no
 retention periods have been established in a records retention
 schedule established under Section 441.158, Government Code, is not
 required to prepare [submit] a records control schedule under this
 section.
 SECTION 18.  Section 204.007(a), Local Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (a)  The [Except as provided by Section 204.008, the]
 original of a record that has been microfilmed pursuant to this
 chapter and rules adopted under it may be destroyed before the
 expiration of its retention period on a records retention schedule
 issued by the commission.
 SECTION 19.  Sections 205.008(a) and (c), Local Government
 Code, are amended to read as follows:
 (a)  The source document, if any, for electronically stored
 local government record data covered by rules adopted under Section
 205.003(a) [205.007(a)] may be destroyed or returned to the person
 who filed it for record [if the electronic storage authorization
 request is approved].
 (c)  The source document, if any, for electronically stored
 local government record data not covered by rules adopted under
 Section 205.003(a) [205.007(a)] may be destroyed before the
 expiration of the retention period for the source document in a
 records retention schedule issued by the commission if the magnetic
 tape, optical disk, or similar medium and hardware and software
 necessary to provide access to local government record data on the
 media are retained for the retention period in the schedule.
 Conversely, the magnetic tape, optical disk, or similar medium may
 be erased, written over, or destroyed before the expiration of the
 retention period for a source document for local government record
 data not covered by rules adopted under Section 205.003(a)
 [205.007(a)], if the source document, if any, is retained until the
 expiration of its retention period or, if the source document has
 already been destroyed, paper or microfilm copies are generated
 from the magnetic tape, optical disk, or similar medium before
 destruction or erasure and retained until the expiration of the
 retention period for the source document.
 SECTION 20.  (a) The following provisions of the Government
 Code are repealed:
 (1)  Section 441.094(e);
 (2)  Section 441.0945(c); and
 (3)  Sections 441.095(a), (b), and (c).
 (b)  The following provisions of the Local Government Code
 are repealed:
 (1)  Sections 203.041(c) and (h);
 (2)  Section 203.042(c);
 (3)  Section 203.043;
 (4)  Sections 203.044(c) and (d); and
 (5)  Sections 203.045, 204.008, and 205.007.
 SECTION 21.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
 this section, Section 441.0011, Government Code, as amended by this
 Act, applies to a member of the Texas State Library and Archives
 Commission who is appointed before, on, or after the effective date
 of this Act.
 (b)  A member of the Texas State Library and Archives
 Commission who, before the effective date of this Act, completed
 the training program required by Section 441.0011, Government Code,
 as that law existed before the effective date of this Act, is only
 required to complete additional training on the subjects added by
 this Act to the training program required by Section 441.0011,
 Government Code. A commission member described by this subsection
 may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at
 a meeting of the commission held on or after December 1, 2019, until
 the member completes the additional training.
 (c)  Not later than March 1, 2020, the Texas State Library
 and Archives Commission shall promulgate a form as required by
 Section 441.1935, Government Code, as added by this Act.
 (d)  Not later than September 1, 2020, the Texas State
 Library and Archives Commission shall:
 (1)  adopt rules providing an application process and
 standards for transfer of title to local historical resources under
 Section 441.153(g), Government Code, as added by this Act; and
 (2)  develop a strategic plan for the state archives
 program as required by Section 441.1815, Government Code, as added
 by this Act.
 (e)  Not later than September 1, 2020:
 (1)  the Texas State Library and Archives Commission
 shall transfer custody and ownership of all legislative records, as
 defined by Section 441.180(6-a), Government Code, as added by this
 Act, to the Legislative Reference Library; and
 (2)  the Legislative Library Board shall create a list
 of preapproved depositories and adopt rules as required by Section
 324.0086(b), Government Code, as added by this Act.
 SECTION 22.
 (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this section,
 as soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the
 General Land Office on behalf of the State of Texas shall grant to
 the City of Austin, by an appropriate instrument of conveyance, a
 permanent easement in the property owned by the State of Texas and
 described by Subsection (d) of this section.
 (b)  Consideration for the easement to be granted under
 Subsection (a) of this section is the requirement that the City of
 Austin use the easement primarily to promote a public purpose of the
 state by using the easement primarily as a sidewalk, trail, and
 recreation easement and thereby promoting public health and general
 welfare and providing recreation, beautification, and civic
 improvement. The easement automatically terminates if the City of
 Austin:
 (1)  uses the easement in a manner that fails to promote
 a public purpose of the state described by this subsection of this
 section; or
 (2)  sells or transfers all or any part of the easement.
 (c)  The City of Austin shall reimburse the General Land
 Office for the expenses incurred by the General Land Office in
 connection with granting the easement under this section of this
 Act.
 (d)  The easement referred to in this section is in the
 property described as follows:
 DESCRIPTION OF A 0.667 OF ONE ACRE TRACT OF LAND
 LOCATED IN THE GEORGE W. SPEAR SURVEY, ABSTRACT
 NO. 697, TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING A PORTION OF THAT
 TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO S. ROSS, GOVERNOR OF THE
 STATE OF TEXAS AND HIS SUCCESSORS IN OFFICE FOR THE USE
 AND BENEFIT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AS RECORDED IN VOLUME
 76, PAGE 225, OF THE DEED RECORDS OF TRAVIS COUNTY,
 TEXAS; SAID TRACT OF LAND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY
 DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:
 BEGINNING, at a 60d nail found in the north line of that 1.51 acre
 tract of land conveyed to the City of Austin in a Gift Deed Of Land
 recorded in Volume 5154, Page 2230, of said Deed Records, same being
 a corner in the easterly line of THE GROVE AT SHOAL CREEK, according
 to the map or plat thereof recorded in Document No. 201800146, of
 the Official Public Records of said County, and the northwest
 corner of the herein described tract, from which a 1/2 inch iron rod
 found for the northwest corner of said 1.51 acre tract, bears North
 62°26'39" West, a distance of 41.93 feet;
 THENCE, North 01°22'52" East (bearing basis), with said easterly
 line of THE GROVE AT SHOAL CREEK, a distance of 151.80 feet to the
 northwest corner of the herein described tract, from which a, X mark
 in rock found for a corner in said easterly line bears, North
 01°22'52" East, a distance of 362.51 feet;
 THENCE, departing said easterly line and over and across said State
 of Texas tract the following four (4) courses and distances:
 1.  South 85°36'10" East,, a distance of 130.18 feet;
 2.  South 01°22'52" West, a distance of 149.86 feet to the to
 the beginning of a curve to the left;
 3.  With said curve to the left, having a radius of 50.00
 feet, an arc length of 55.70 feet, a delta angle of 63°49'31", and a
 chord which bears South 30°31'53 East, a distance of 52.86 feet to
 the end of said curve;
 4.  South 62°26'39" East, a distance of 191.49 feet to the
 northeast corner of the herein described tract, being in the
 curving west right-of-way line of Shoal Creek Boulevard (80'
 right-of-way - no dedication found), from which a 1/2 inch iron rod
 found for the common west corner of Lot 1 and Lot 2, SHOAL CREEK
 VILLAGE, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 97,
 Page 35, of said Plat Records, bears South 83°30'05' East a distance
 of 84.97 feet;
 THENCE, with said west right-of-way line and with said non-tangent
 curve to the left, having a radius of 318.41 feet, an arc length of
 25.15 feet, a delta angle of 04°31'32", and a chord which bears South
 21°25'26" West, a distance of 25.14 feet to the southeast corner of
 the herein described tract, same being the northeast corner of Lot
 5, SHOAL COURTS, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in
 Volume 6, Page 280, of said Plat Records;
 THENCE, North 62°26'39" West, with the north line of said Lot 5,
 passing a 1/2 inch iron rod found in a concrete retaining wall for
 the northwest corner of said Lot 5 and the northeast corner of said
 1.51 acre tract at a distance of 155.49 (record 155.75) feet and
 continuing for a total distance of 357.88 feet the POINT OF
 BEGINNING containing 0.667 of one acre of land within these metes
 and bounds.
 Subject tract described herein is an easement. No monumentation set
 for corners.
 Bearing Basis: Easterly line of said THE GROVE AT SHOAL CREEK. North
 01°22'52" East
 SECTION 23.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 ______________________________ ______________________________
 President of the Senate Speaker of the House
 I certify that H.B. No. 1962 was passed by the House on April
 10, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 3, 1 present, not
 voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
 No. 1962 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 2,
 2 present, not voting.
 ______________________________
 Chief Clerk of the House
 I certify that H.B. No. 1962 was passed by the Senate, with
 amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
 0.
 ______________________________
 Secretary of the Senate
 APPROVED: __________________
 Date
 __________________
 Governor