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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the asset management division of the  | 
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General Land Office to sell real property to an economic  | 
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development corporation. | 
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       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
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       SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 31.0672, Natural  | 
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Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
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       (a)  The division may directly sell to a political  | 
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subdivision or a development corporation organized under the  | 
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Development Corporation Act of 1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas  | 
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Civil Statutes) any real property owned by the state that the  | 
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legislature has authorized or the governor has approved for sale  | 
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under Subchapter E if the commissioner determines the sale is in the  | 
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best interest of the state. | 
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       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives  | 
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as  | 
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this  | 
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this  | 
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. | 
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   President of the Senate | 
Speaker of the House      | 
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       I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1509 passed the Senate on  | 
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April 26, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
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Secretary of the Senate     | 
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       I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1509 passed the House on  | 
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May 7, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 0, one present  | 
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not voting. | 
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Chief Clerk of the House    | 
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