By: Perry S.B. No. 1869
(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2023; March 20, 2023, read
first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
April 5, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 5, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disposition of surplus real property no longer
needed for state highway purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 202.021(d) and (h), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(d) The commission shall:
(1) determine the fair value of the state's interest in
the real property; and
(2) if the value is $100,000 [$10,000] or more, advise
the governor of the value.
(h) If the commission determines that the value of the real
property is less than $100,000 [$10,000], it may authorize the
executive director to execute a deed conveying the state's interest
in the property without a recommendation to the governor.
SECTION 2. Section 202.030(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The attorney general must approve a transfer or
conveyance that is made under this subchapter if the value of the
real property transferred or conveyed is $100,000 [$10,000] or
more.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an interest in real property that is recommended to the governor
for sale or transfer on or after the effective date of this Act. An
interest recommended to the governor for sale or transfer before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. 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, 2023.
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