H.B. No. 4667
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. The City of Eagle Pass shall enter into an interlocal
agreement with Maverick County that grants the county
non-exclusive, mutual use of that tract of land for a purpose that
benefits the public interest of the state and for a term of not less
than 25 years.
(b) The City of Eagle Pass and Maverick County 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. If Maverick County
uses the property for any purpose other than a purpose described by
this subsection, the interlocal agreement described by Subsection
(a) of this section is void.
(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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4667 was passed by the House on May
14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 12, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 4667 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 18,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4667 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor