Bill Text: TX HB3636 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to DeWitt County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3636 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3636-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to DeWitt County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3636 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3636-Comm_Sub.html
By: Morrison (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) | H.B. No. 3636 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019; | ||
April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Criminal Justice; May 17, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable | ||
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; | ||
May 17, 2019, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3636 | By: Whitmire |
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relating to the transfer of jurisdiction over and management of the | ||
Star of the Republic Museum to the Texas Historical Commission and | ||
the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of | ||
Criminal Justice to DeWitt County. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 442, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subchapter B-1 to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER B-1. STAR OF THE REPUBLIC MUSEUM | ||
Sec. 442.061. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "museum" | ||
means the Star of the Republic Museum. | ||
Sec. 442.062. JURISDICTION AND MAINTENANCE OF MUSEUM. (a) | ||
The museum and its contents are under the jurisdiction of the Texas | ||
Historical Commission. The commission is responsible for the | ||
preservation, maintenance, and operation of the museum. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), Blinn College District | ||
maintains ownership of the museum, the land on which the museum is | ||
located, and the artifacts in the museum. | ||
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (b), any power or duty | ||
related to the museum formerly vested in any other state agency or | ||
entity is vested solely in the commission. | ||
(d) The commission shall, in coordination with an advisory | ||
committee appointed by the board of trustees of the Blinn College | ||
District, promote the educational and public awareness programs at | ||
the museum, the Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, and | ||
the Barrington Living History Farm. | ||
Sec. 442.063. GRANTS; DONATIONS. The commission may accept | ||
a grant or donation for any program or purpose of the museum. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) On January 1, 2020, the following are | ||
transferred to the Texas Historical Commission: | ||
(1) all powers and duties of Blinn College District | ||
relating to the Star of the Republic Museum; | ||
(2) all unobligated and unexpended funds | ||
appropriated, donated, or contributed to Blinn College District | ||
designated for the administration of any part of the Star of the | ||
Republic Museum; and | ||
(3) all files and other records of Blinn College | ||
District kept by Blinn College District regarding the Star of the | ||
Republic Museum. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, Blinn College District | ||
shall continue to perform functions and activities related to the | ||
Star of the Republic Museum until January 1, 2020, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) Not later than December 31, 2029, and | ||
subject to Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, the Texas | ||
Board of Criminal Justice shall transfer to DeWitt County the real | ||
property described by Subsection (e) of this section. | ||
(b) The transfer authorized by Subsection (a) of this | ||
section must be for consideration in an amount not less than the | ||
fair market value of the property. The historical fair market value | ||
of the real property as of December 2, 1992, shall be offered to | ||
establish the fair market value of the property. | ||
(c) The General Land Office shall negotiate and close a | ||
transaction under this section on behalf of the Texas Board of | ||
Criminal Justice. | ||
(d) Section 31.158, Natural Resources Code, does not apply | ||
to a transaction under this section. | ||
(e) The real property held by the Texas Department of | ||
Criminal Justice is land being situated in DeWitt County, Texas, | ||
and more particularly described as follows: | ||
BEING all that certain parcel or tract containing 100.00 Acres of | ||
land out of the Samuel Lockhart League A-28 located in DeWitt | ||
County, Texas, and being out of the easterly portion of a called | ||
464.03-Acre tract described in deed to the Texas Department of | ||
Criminal Justice-State of Texas from the City of Cuero recorded in | ||
Vol. 360 Page 139 in the deed records of said County; | ||
Said 100.00-Acre tract being bounded as follows: | ||
1. On the north, by the northerly line of a said 464.03-Acre | ||
tract; | ||
2. One the east, by the easterly line of said 464.03-Acre | ||
tract; | ||
3. On the south, by the southerly line of said 464.03-Acre | ||
tract; | ||
4. On the west, by a line being perpendicular to the | ||
southerly line of said 464.03-Acre tract, at a location | ||
sufficiently west of the easterly line of said 464.03-Acre tract so | ||
as to include exactly 100.00 Acres of land. | ||
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, 2019. | ||
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