H.B. No. 2978
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to granting an easement to the City of Austin.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  (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 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, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2978 was passed by the House on May 3,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 2978 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 118, Nays 23,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2978 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
  1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor