S.B. No. 510
AN ACT
relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice to Stephens County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) As soon as practicable, the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice shall transfer to Stephens County the real
property interests of the State of Texas and the department in the
tracts of land described by Subsection (f) of this section.
(b) Stephens County may use the property transferred under
this Act only for a purpose that benefits the public. If Stephens
County 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 Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer
the property by an appropriate instrument of transfer. The
instrument of transfer must:
(1) provide that:
(A) Stephens County may use the property only for
a purpose that benefits the public; and
(B) ownership of the property will automatically
revert to the State of Texas if Stephens County 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 Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall retain
custody of the instrument of transfer after the instrument of
transfer is filed in the real property records of Stephens 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 tracts of land referred to in this section are
described as follows:
(1) 149.04 acres of land out of T. E. & L. 1177, A-1948
and A. B. & M. Survey 2, A-1586, Stephens County, Texas, and being
part of a tract of land described in deed recorded in Volume 1071
Page 186 Official Public Records, Stephens County, Texas.
BEGINNING at the northeast corner of T. E. & L. 1177 and at an
interior corner of A. B. & M. Survey 2;
THENCE N 89°47'36" E with the north line of the tract described in
Volume 1071 Page 186 and the south line of the tract described in
Volume 1747 Page 3 a distance of 1907.46' to a 1/2” iron pin found in
the east line of Survey 2 A. B. & M. for the northeast corner of the
tract described in Volume 1071 and the southeast corner of the tract
described in Volume 1747 Page 3 for the northeast corner of this
tract;
THENCE S 00°56'23" W with the east line of Survey 2 A. B. & M. a
distance of 747.17' to a 1/2” iron pin found for a corner in the
north line of County Road 173;
THENCE S 00°10'58" W continuing with the east line of Survey 2 A. B. &
M. and County Road 173 a distance of 1114.50' to a 1/2” iron pin
set for the northeast corner of a tract of land described in Volume
1072 Page 285 and being the eastern most southeast corner of the
tract described in Volume 1071 Page 186;
THENCE N 89°49'02" W a distance of 1897.55' to a 1/2” iron pin set in
the east line of T. E. & L. 1177 for the northwest corner of the
tract described in Volume 1072 Page 285 and being an interior corner
of this tract;
THENCE S 00°10'58" W with the east line of T. E. & L. 1177 a distance
of 56.03' to a 1/2 iron pin set in the north line of an existing
road;
THENCE N 88°55'23" W with an existing fence line on the north line of
the road a distance of 1571.09' to a fence corner found for the
southwest corner of this tract;
THENCE N 00°03'36" E a distance of 1869.57' to a 1/2” iron pin set in
the north lien of T. E. & L. 1177 and the south line of Survey 2 A. B. &
M. for the northwest corner of this tract;
THENCE N 89°47'52" E with the north line of T. E. & L. 1177 and the
south line of Survey 2 A. B. & M. a distance of 1574.93' to the place
of beginning and containing 149.04 acres of land; and
(2) 139.76 acres of land out of T. E. & L. 1177,
A-1948, Stephens County, Texas, and being part of a tract of land
described in deed recorded in Volume 1071 Page 186, Official Public
Records, Stephens County, Texas.
BEGINNING at a 1/2” iron pin found in County Road 173 for the
southeast corner of T. E. & L. 1177 and being the southern most
southeast corner of the tract described in Volume 1071 Page 186 for
the southeast corner of this tract;
THENCE N 89°56'48" W with the south line of T. E. & L. 1177 a distance
of 3536.23' to a 1/2” iron pin fond for the southeast corner of
Tract 2 as described in Volume 1072 Page 288 Page and being the
southwest corner of this tract;
THENCE N 00°00'42" E passing the northeast corner of the Tract 2 as
described in Volume 1072 Page 288 at a distance of 275.00’ and
continuing a total distance of 1668.83' to a 1/2” iron pin set for
the northwest corner of this tract;
THENCE S 89°57'24" E a distance of 1840.87' to a fence corner;
THENCE N 35°39'30" E a distance of 153.47' to a fence corner in the
south line of an existing road;
THENCE S 88°50'58" E with the fence on the south line the road a
distance of 1611.50' to a 1/2” iron pin set in the east line of T. E. &
L. 1177 and in County Road 173 for the northeast corner of this
tract;
THENCE S 00°10'58" W with the east line of T. E. & L. 1177 and the
county road a distance of 1763.07' to the place of beginning and
containing 139.76 acres of land.
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 hereby certify that S.B. No. 510 passed the Senate on
April 9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 510 passed the House on
May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 7, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor