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House Bill 1449 |
House Author: Guillen |
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Effective: 6-17-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Zaffirini |
House Bill 1449 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code to authorize the Parks and Wildlife Commission to grant, lease, or renew permanent or temporary right-of-way easements on Parks and Wildlife Department land for public highways, roads and streets, and ditches; electric lines and pipelines; electrical substations; equipment stations, vaults, cabinets, poles, power pedestals, and equipment used in the provision of communication services; or for providing utilities for the operation of department facilities and roadways for access to those facilities. The bill prohibits the commission from granting or leasing an easement unless the commission receives the fair market value as consideration for the grant or lease, with certain exceptions, and provides that consideration for an easement may include goods and services. A grant or lease must contain a full reservation of minerals in and under the land, and the commission may impose other fair and reasonable conditions, covenants, and provisions.
House Bill 1449 amends the Natural Resources Code to make state laws authorizing a board for lease to grant right-of-way easements on certain public land inapplicable to land owned by the department on which an easement may be granted under the bill's provisions.