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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the transfer of certain real property from the Texas |
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Transportation Commission to Palo Pinto County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) Not later than January 1, 2024, the Texas |
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Transportation Commission shall transfer to Palo Pinto County all |
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or part of the real property described by Section 2 of this Act. The |
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property transferred shall be sufficient to serve the purposes |
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described by Subsection (b) of this section. |
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(b) The consideration for the transfer authorized by |
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Subsection (a) of this section is the requirement that Palo Pinto |
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County use the property transferred only as an area for motor |
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vehicle scales used by and motor vehicle inspections conducted by |
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Department of Public Safety inspectors or other authorized weight |
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enforcement officers for purposes of enforcement of Chapter 621, |
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Transportation Code, or a successor statute, a purpose that |
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benefits the public interest of the state. If Palo Pinto County no |
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longer uses the property as described by this subsection, ownership |
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of the property automatically reverts to the Texas Transportation |
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Commission. |
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(c) The Texas Transportation Commission shall transfer the |
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property by an appropriate instrument of transfer that: |
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(1) includes a provision that: |
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(A) requires Palo Pinto County to use the |
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property as an area for motor vehicle scales used by and vehicle |
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inspections conducted by Department of Public Safety inspectors or |
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other authorized weight enforcement officers for purposes of |
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enforcement of Chapter 621, Transportation Code, or a successor |
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statute, a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state; |
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and |
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(B) indicates that ownership of the property |
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automatically reverts to the Texas Transportation Commission if |
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Palo Pinto County no longer uses the property for that public |
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purpose; and |
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(2) describes the property to be transferred by metes |
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and bounds. |
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(d) All contracts, leases, and other obligations governing |
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the real property transferred as authorized by this Act in effect on |
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the effective date of this Act are transferred to Palo Pinto County. |
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(e) Sections 31.158 and 31.159, Natural Resources Code, do |
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not apply to the transfer of real property authorized by this Act. |
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SECTION 2. The real property to which Section 1 of this Act |
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applies is only the property included in the following description |
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that is located in the S. Botsford Survey, Abstract 2164, in Palo |
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Pinto County, Texas: |
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BEING a called 6.820 acres, more or less, and being out of the |
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following described two tracts of land conveyed by A. B. Gilbert and |
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wife, Helen Gilbert to the State of Texas, acting by and through the |
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State Highway Commission, by Deed dated July 18, 1966, recorded in |
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Volume 336, Page 557, Deed Records of Palo Pinto County, Texas. |
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TRACT ONE: |
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BEING 4.014 acres of land, more or less, situated in the County of |
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Palo Pinto, State of Texas, and being out of the S. Botsford Survey, |
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Abstract No. 2164, and being a part of a tract of land conveyed to A. |
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B. Gilbert by will recorded in Volume 22, Page 394 thru 395 of the |
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Probate Minutes, Palo Pinto County, Texas, which 4.014 acres of |
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land, more or less, is more particularly described as follows: |
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BEGINNING at a point in the existing southeasterly right of way line |
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of U.S. Highway 80, said point being North 42 deg. 50 min. East a |
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distance of 6.55 feet from the most northerly northwest corner of |
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said A. B. Gilbert's tract that lies southerly of U.S. Highway 80; |
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THENCE North 42 deg. 50 min. East with the existing southeasterly |
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right of way line of said U.S. Highway 80 a distance of 2,400.00 |
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feet to a point in the proposed southeasterly right of way line of |
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Interstate Highway 20, said point being 225.00 feet southeasterly |
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of and at right angles to centerline survey station 1334+00.00; |
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THENCE in a southwesterly direction with said proposed right of way |
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line along the arc of a circular curve to the left having a radius of |
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2,824.79 feet, and through a central angle of 13 deg. 00 min. 00 |
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sec. a distance of 640.92 feet to a point; |
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THENCE South 29 deg. 50 min. West continuing with said proposed |
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right of way line a distance of 228.04 feet to a point; |
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THENCE in a southwesterly direction continuing with said proposed |
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right of way line along the arc of a circular curve to the right |
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having a radius of 1,472.39 feet and through a central angle of 25 |
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deg. 00 min. 00 sec. a distance of 642.45 feet to a point; |
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THENCE South 54 deg. 50 min. West continuing with said proposed |
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right of way line a distance of 324.81 feet to a point; |
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THENCE in a southwesterly direction continuing with said proposed |
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right of way line along the arc of a circular curve to the left |
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having a radius of 2,824.79 feet and through a central angle of 12 |
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deg. 00 min. 00 sec. a distance of 591.62 feet to the point of |
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beginning. |
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TRACT TWO: |
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BEING 48.804 acres of land, more or less, situated in the Counties |
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of Palo Pinto and Parker, State of Texas, and being out of the A. |
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Issac Survey, Abstract No. 728, Palo Pinto County, and Abstract No. |
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2165, Parker County, and the S. Botsford Survey, Abstract No. 31, |
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Parker County and Abstract No. 2164, Palo Pinto County, and being a |
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part of a tract of land conveyed by Billy H. Jones to A. B. Gilbert |
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by deed dated September 5, 1961 and recorded in Volume 295, Page |
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498, of the Deed Records, Palo Pinto County, Texas, and being also a |
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part of a tract of land conveyed to A. B. Gilbert by Will recorded in |
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Volume 22, Page 394 thru 395 of the Probate Minutes, Palo Pinto |
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County, Texas, which 48.804 acres of land, more or less, is more |
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particularly described as follows: |
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BEGINNING at the most Easterly corner of the A. B. Gilbert tract |
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that lies Northwesterly of U.S. Highway 80, said point being in the |
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existing northwesterly right of way line of U.S. Highway 80. |
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THENCE South 42 deg. 50 min. West with said existing Northwesterly |
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right of way line of U.S. Highway 80 a distance of 5,098.89 feet to a |
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point in the East line of the Ella Gilbert tract; |
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THENCE North 00 deg. 39 min. East with the East line of said Ella |
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Gilbert's tract a distance of 521.32 feet to a point in the proposed |
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Northwesterly right of way line of Interstate Highway 20, said |
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point being South 00 deg. 39 min. West a distance of 98.87 feet from |
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the Northeast corner of said Ella Gilbert's tract; |
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THENCE with said proposed Northwesterly right of way line of |
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Interstate Highway 20 the following courses and distances: |
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North 42 deg. 50 min. East a distance of 105.04 feet to a |
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point; |
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North 34 deg. 18 min. East a distance of 335.18 feet to a |
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point; |
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North 22 deg. 21 min. East a distance of 286.64 feet to a |
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point; |
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North 13 deg. 17 min. East a distance of 172.41 feet to a |
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point; |
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North 28 deg. 50 min. East a distance of 325.67 feet to a |
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point; |
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North 37 deg. 59 min. East a distance of 331.86 feet to a |
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point; |
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North 66 deg. 40 min. East a distance of 211.29 feet to a |
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point; |
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North 64 deg. 05 min. East a distance of 356.59 feet to a |
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point; |
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THENCE in a Northeasterly direction continuing with said proposed |
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right of way line along the arc of a circular curve to the left |
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having a radius of 1,869.86 feet and through a central angle of 21 |
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deg. 15 min. 00 sec. a distance of 693.50 feet to a point, said point |
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being 225.00 feet Northwesterly of and at right angle to centerline |
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survey Station 1342+00.00; |
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THENCE North 42 deg. 50 min. East continuing with said proposed |
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right of way line a distance of 2,007.84 feet to a point in the |
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Northeasterly line of A. B. Gilbert's tract; |
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THENCE South 47 deg. 07 min. East with the Northeasterly line of |
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said A. B. Gilbert's tract a distance of 350.00 feet to the point of |
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beginning. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2023. |