1-1 By: Hunter of Taylor (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth) H.B. No. 1844
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 1993;
1-3 May 12, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 22, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Harris of Dallas x
1-9 Rosson x
1-10 Carriker x
1-11 Henderson x
1-12 Leedom x
1-13 Lucio x
1-14 Luna x
1-15 Nelson x
1-16 Patterson x
1-17 Shelley x
1-18 Sibley x
1-19 West x
1-20 Whitmire x
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to the sale and conveyance of a certain tract of
1-24 state-owned real property in Travis County and providing for the
1-25 use and disposition of the proceeds of such sale; making an
1-26 appropriation.
1-27 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-28 SECTION 1. SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF REAL PROPERTY. The Texas
1-29 General Land Office is authorized and directed to sell and convey
1-30 the state's interest in a certain tract of real property consisting
1-31 of 3.626 acres in Travis County, now part of a tract of land held
1-32 in the name of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
1-33 SECTION 2. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY. The real property that
1-34 the Texas General Land Office may sell and convey by authority of
1-35 Section 1 is more particularly described as follows: 3.626 acres
1-36 of land out of a 100.0 acre tract of land out of the George W.
1-37 Spear League Survey #7 in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas
1-38 described in a deed from W.C. Phillips to the State of Texas, dated
1-39 July 28, 1887, and recorded in Book 76, Page 225, Travis County
1-40 Deed Records, as surveyed for the State Building Commission of the
1-41 State of Texas.
1-42 Beginning at a concrete monument at the northeast corner of a
1-43 100.0 acre tract of land out of the George W. Spear League Survey
1-44 #7 in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas as described in a
1-45 deed from W.C. Phillips to the State of Texas, dated July 28, 1887,
1-46 and recorded in Book 76, Page 225, Travis County Deed Records, said
1-47 concrete monument being at the southeast corner of Lot #6 of Oak
1-48 Haven, Section One, a subdivision of a portion of the George W.
1-49 Spear League Survey #7 in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas,
1-50 as shown on a map or plat as recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 114,
1-51 Travis County Plat Records, said concrete monument being also in
1-52 the west line of Block #19 of Rosedale "E", a subdivision of a
1-53 portion of the George W. Spear League Survey #7 in the City of
1-54 Austin, Travis County, Texas as shown on a map or plat as recorded
1-55 in Plat Book 3, Page 245, Travis County Plat Records;
1-56 THENCE with the east line of the said 100.0 acre tract and
1-57 the west line of Blocks #19, #18 and #17 of Rosedale 'E', S 30 12'
1-58 W 1146.13 feet to a concrete monument at the southeast corner of
1-59 the said 100.0 acre tract, said concrete monument being also the
1-60 northeast corner of Lot #3, Block "B" of Shoal Courts, a
1-61 subdivision of a portion of the George W. Spear League Survey #7 in
1-62 the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas as shown on a map or plat
1-63 as recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 185, Travis County Plat Records;
1-64 THENCE with the south line of the said 100.0 acre tract and
1-65 the north line of Lot #3, Block "B" of Shoal Courts, N 59 52' W
1-66 133.27 feet to an iron stake at the northwest corner of said Lot
1-67 #3, Block "B" in the curving east line of Shoal Creek Boulevard;
1-68 THENCE with the curving east line of Shoal Creek Boulevard an
2-1 arc distance of 47.64 feet, said curve having a radius of 238.41
2-2 feet and a chord of which runs N 24 30' E 47.56 feet to an iron
2-3 stake at point of tangency;
2-4 THENCE with the east line of Shoal Creek Boulevard N 30 13'
2-5 E 1098.9 feet to an iron stake at the intersection of the east line
2-6 of Shoal Creek Boulevard with the north line of the said 100.0 acre
2-7 tract, said iron stake being the southwest corner of Lot #6 of said
2-8 Oak Haven, Section One;
2-9 THENCE with the north line of the said 100.0 acre tract and
2-10 the south line of said Lot #6 of Oak Haven, Section One, S 59 53'
2-11 E 137.8 feet to the place of the beginning, containing 3.626 acres
2-12 of land.
2-13 SECTION 3. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE. The Texas General
2-14 Land Office shall sell and convey the real property described in
2-15 Section 2 of this Act under the terms and provisions of Section
2-16 31.158, Natural Resources Code. The real property may be sold in
2-17 whole or in part.
2-18 SECTION 4. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS. The proceeds from the
2-19 sale of the real property authorized by Section 1 of this Act are
2-20 designated and appropriated to the Texas State Library and Archives
2-21 Commission for the purpose of constructing an additional stack
2-22 floor (or floor of shelving) at the existing Texas State Library
2-23 Records Center, Austin, Texas.
2-24 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
2-25 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-26 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-27 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-28 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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2-30 Austin,
2-31 Texas
2-32 May 22, 1993
2-33 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-34 President of the Senate
2-35 Sir:
2-36 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred H.B.
2-37 No. 1844, have had the same under consideration, and I am
2-38 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
2-39 that it do pass and be printed.
2-40 Rosson,
2-41 Vice-Chairman
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2-43 WITNESSES
2-44 FOR AGAINST ON
2-45 ___________________________________________________________________
2-46 Name: Bill Gooch x
2-47 Representing: Library & Archives Commission
2-48 City: Austin
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2-50 Name: Chris Price x
2-51 Representing: General Land Office
2-52 City: Austin
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