Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4667 Introduced / Bill

Filed 05/03/2021

                    87R23854 NC-D
 By: Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 4667


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the transfer of certain state property from the
 Department of Public Safety to the City of Eagle Pass.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  (a)  As soon as practicable, the Public Safety
 Commission shall transfer to the City of Eagle Pass the real
 property interests of the State of Texas and the Department of
 Public Safety in the tract of land described by Subsection (f) of
 this section.
 (b)  The City of Eagle Pass may use the property transferred
 under this Act only for a purpose that benefits the public interest
 of the state.  If the City of Eagle Pass uses the property for any
 purpose other than a purpose described by this subsection,
 ownership of the property automatically reverts to the State of
 Texas.
 (c)  The Public Safety Commission shall transfer the
 property by an appropriate instrument of transfer.  The instrument
 of transfer must:
 (1)  provide that:
 (A)  the City of Eagle Pass may use the property
 only for a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state;
 and
 (B)  ownership of the property will automatically
 revert to the State of Texas if the City of Eagle Pass uses the
 property for any purpose other than a purpose described by
 Paragraph (A) of this subdivision; and
 (2)  describe the property to be transferred by metes
 and bounds.
 (d)  The Public Safety Commission shall retain custody of the
 instrument of transfer after the instrument of transfer is filed in
 the real property records of Maverick County.
 (e)  Sections 31.158 and 31.159, Natural Resources Code, do
 not apply to the transfer of real property authorized by this Act.
 (f)  The tract of land referred to in this section is
 described as follows:
 A 5.0 acre tract of land out of F. & J. Byrne Survey No. 6, Abstract
 No. A1110 in Maverick County, Texas, and located at 32 Foster
 Maldonado Boulevard, Eagle Pass, 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, 2021.