By: Parker S.B. No. 1072 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the conveyance by the General Land Office of the 1-2 state's interest in certain real property previously conveyed by 1-3 the state to the City of Port Arthur. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR CONVEYANCE. (a) The state 1-6 grants and relinquishes all of its right, title, and interest in 1-7 and to the use of the property described by Section 2 of this Act. 1-8 The Commissioner of the General Land Office may convey, on behalf 1-9 of the state, all of the interest of the state in the real property 1-10 described by Section 2 of this Act to the City of Port Arthur. 1-11 (b) The conveyance authorized by this section must be for a 1-12 cash consideration in an amount not less than the fair market value 1-13 of the property, as determined by the Commissioner of the General 1-14 Land Office after an appraisal performed by an appraiser employed 1-15 by the General Land Office and taking into consideration 1-16 improvements already made by the City of Port Arthur, and under 1-17 other terms and conditions negotiated in a purchase and sale 1-18 agreement between the parties. The commissioner shall reserve for 1-19 the state the minerals in or on the property and their ownership 1-20 and the rights for their exploration. The conveyance must be 1-21 completed by transfer of a corrected patent. 1-22 (c) The City of Port Arthur may hold the property previously 1-23 conveyed to it by authority of the Legislature of the State of 1-24 Texas in its proprietary capacity. On payment of the consideration 2-1 required by Subsection (b) of this section and the issuance of the 2-2 corrected patent, the title of the City of Port Arthur to the 2-3 property described in the patent becomes absolute, subject to the 2-4 reservations made by Subsection (b) of this section. The property 2-5 shall no longer be subject to a public trust or any other 2-6 restriction on its use or disposition by the city except as 2-7 provided by Subsection (b) of this section, and the city may use, 2-8 develop, lease, sell, option, or convey all or any portion of the 2-9 property for public or private purposes. 2-10 (d) Section 31.158, Natural Resources Code, does not apply 2-11 to the conveyance authorized by this section. 2-12 SECTION 2. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION. The real property 2-13 authorized for conveyance by Section 1 of this Act consists of 2-14 three parcels situated in and under the waters of Lake Sabine 2-15 immediately adjoining the City of Port Arthur, and commonly known 2-16 as part of Pleasure Island and Pleasure Pier extended; being the 2-17 real property originally granted by the state to the City of Port 2-18 Arthur by Chapter 181, Special Laws, Acts of the 42nd Legislature, 2-19 Regular Session, 1931 (enacting H.B. 819), as amended by Chapter 2-20 170, Acts of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969 (enacting 2-21 S.B. 180); being the real property described by patent recorded in 2-22 Volume 64-A, #212 of the State Files and in Volume 427, Page 273, 2-23 Jefferson County Deed Records; and being more particularly 2-24 described by metes and bounds as follows: 2-25 Beginning at station 544+93.05 on the reference line of the 2-26 Sabine Neches Waterway, Texas; thence along and parallel to the 2-27 government reference line to-wit: N 27-31' E, a distance of 3-1 454.85 ft., to the point of curvature of a curve to the right with 3-2 a radius of 4449.3 ft., thence along that curve a distance of 3-3 871.72 ft., to the point of tangency, thence N 3845'E, a distance 3-4 of 4579.58 ft. to the point of curvature of a curve to the left 3-5 with a radius of 5838.48 ft., thence along that curve a distance of 3-6 109.8 ft. to the point of tangency, thence N 3741' E, a distance 3-7 of 4228.7 ft. to the point of curvature of a curve to the right 3-8 with a radius of 6142.47 ft., thence along that curve a distance of 3-9 727.8 ft, to the point of tangency, thence N 44-28' a distance of 3-10 4281.7 ft. to the point of curvature of a curve to the left with a 3-11 radius of 5782.91 ft., thence along that curve a distance of 795.6 3-12 ft. to the point of tangency, then N 36-35' E, E, a distance of 3-13 4281.7 ft. to the point of curvature of a curve to the right with a 3-14 radius of 5680.62 ft., thence along that curve a distance of 667.5 3-15 ft. to the point of tangency, thence N 43-19' E, a distance of 3-16 1069.6 ft., thence S 48--47' E along and parallel to the present 3-17 city limits a distance of 2591.23 ft., thence S 38--45' W, a 3-18 distance of 20,511.0 ft. to the southeasterly corner of present 3-19 Port Arthur Pleasure Pier bulkhead, thence N 49 13' W along the 3-20 easterly side of said pier a distance of 696.28 ft. to the point of 3-21 curvature of a curve to the left with a radius of 150 ft., thence 3-22 along that curve a distance of 214.6 ft. to the point of tangency 3-23 with a curve to the right with a radius of 150 ft., a distance of 3-24 214.7 ft. to the point of tangency, thence N 50--58' W, a distance 3-25 of 1792.33 ft. to point of beginning and containing 1339 acres more 3-26 or less. 3-27 Beginning at a point of the extreme southeast corner of what 4-1 is now known as Pleasure Pier Bulkhead, thence S 50--47' E 4-2 parallel with the center line produced of Austin Avenue in the City 4-3 of Port Arthur, Texas, along the north side of the H. L. McKee 4-4 tract of 1942.86 acres, a distance of 12,817.64 feet to corner of 4-5 this tract on the East boundary line of the State of Texas, being 4-6 also a point on the West boundary line of the State of Louisiana, 4-7 said corner being witnessed by a five (5) foot section of four (4) 4-8 inch cast iron soil pipe set of J. C. McVea for the H. L. McKee 4-9 tract on the Louisiana shore of Sabine Lake 37.78 feet back from 4-10 edge of water and projecting 18 inches above the surface of the 4-11 ground, said pipe bearing S 50--47' E, a distance of 15,350.42 4-12 feet from said corner, thence N 58--0' E, a distance of 637.64 4-13 feet along the East boundary line of the State of Texas, being also 4-14 the West boundary line of the State of Louisiana, thence N 50-47' 4-15 W, a distance of 13,027.71 feet along a line parallel to the first 4-16 side of tract to the extreme northeast corner of the Pleasure Pier 4-17 Bulkhead, thence S 38--45' W, a distance of 603.66 feet along the 4-18 Pleasure Pier Bulkhead to the point of beginning, containing 179.4 4-19 acres of land more or less. 4-20 Beginning at station 526+74.66 on the government reference 4-21 line of the Sabine Neches Waterway, Texas, for point of beginning, 4-22 thence S 51-15' E, a distance of 2379.79 ft., thence N 38--45' E, 4-23 a distance of 1391.09 ft. to the southwesterly corner of the 4-24 present Port Arthur Pleasure Pier bulkhead, thence N 49--13' W 4-25 along the westerly side of said pier, a distance of 695.05 ft., to 4-26 the point of curvature of a curve to the right with a radius of 150 4-27 ft., thence along that curve a distance of 214.6 ft. to the point 5-1 of tangency with a curve to the left with a radius of 150 ft., 5-2 thence along that curve a distance of 214.7 ft. to the point of 5-3 tangency, thence N 50--58' W, a distance of 1771.96 ft. to 5-4 intersect with the government reference line at station 543+90.99 5-5 on reference line, thence along and parallel to the reference line 5-6 towit: S, 27--31' W, a distance of 691.49 ft. to point of 5-7 curvature of a curve to the left with a radius of 5208.79 ft., 5-8 thence along that curve a distance of 281.0 ft. to the point of 5-9 tangency, thence S 24--26' W, a distance of 427X84 ft. to point of 5-10 curvature of a curve to the right with a radius of 3000 ft., thence 5-11 along that curve a distance of 316 ft. to point of beginning, 5-12 containing 94 acres more or less. 5-13 SECTION 3. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS. The proceeds from the 5-14 conveyance authorized by Section 1 of this Act shall be deposited 5-15 in the state treasury to the credit of the permanent school fund. 5-16 SECTION 4. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation 5-17 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 5-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 5-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 5-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 5-21 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 5-22 passage, and it is so enacted.