Bill Text: TX SB1732 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to authorizing the sale of certain real property in Brazoria County by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Referred to Government Organization [SB1732 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB1732-Introduced.html
  83R6546 NC-D
 
  By: Taylor S.B. No. 1732
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to authorizing the sale of certain real property in
  Brazoria County by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  AUTHORIZATION FOR SALE.  (a)  Not later than
  January 1, 2014, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall sell to
  Brazoria County the real property specified in Section 2 of this Act
  at fair market value without the requirement of a sealed bid if:
               (1)  the board receives an offer from the county to
  purchase the property at fair market value; and
               (2)  the county acquires the property for a public
  purpose.
         (b)  The sale shall exclude all mineral interests in and
  under the property, and the deed shall contain a provision
  prohibiting any exploration, drilling, or other similar intrusion
  on the property related to mineral interests.
         SECTION 2.  PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.  The Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice property to be sold as provided by Section 1 of
  this Act consists of approximately 332 acres, more or less, being
  part of that 7,424.4 tract or parcel of land conveyed to the Prison
  Commission of the State of Texas as recorded in Book 145, Page 242
  of the Deed Records Brazoria County, Texas, said 332 acres, more or
  less, being out of the Jared E. Groce grant in Brazoria County,
  Texas, near Angleton, Texas, bounded by the Brazoria County Airport
  property to the West and State Highway 288 to the East, the northern
  boundary being the northern boundary of the said 7,424.4 tract or
  parcel of land, the southern boundary being the northern boundary
  of a tract or parcel of land conveyed to RH Retrieve, Ltd. as
  recorded as Document # 2007018866 in the Official Public Records of
  Brazoria County, Texas.
         SECTION 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  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, 2013.
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