S.B. No. 1072
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 to be conveyed, as determined by the Commissioner
1-14 of the General Land Office after an appraisal performed by an
1-15 appraiser employed by the General Land Office and taking into
1-16 consideration improvements already made by the City of Port Arthur,
1-17 and under other terms and conditions negotiated in a purchase and
1-18 sale agreement between the parties. The commissioner shall reserve
1-19 for the state the minerals in or on the property and their
1-20 ownership and the rights for their exploration. The conveyance
1-21 must be 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 Tract 2 of the real property originally authorized for conveyance
2-15 by the state to the City of Port Arthur by Chapter 206, Acts of the
2-16 60th Legislature, Regular Session, 1967 (enacting S.B. No. 285);
2-17 being the real property described as Tract 2 in a patent recorded
2-18 in Volume 35-B, #338 of the State Files; and being more
2-19 particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
2-20 A tract of land containing 3230.7 acres in Jefferson County, Texas,
2-21 being parts of State Tracts 32, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, and 42 in
2-22 Sabine Lake, and being more particularly described by metes and
2-23 bounds as follows, to-wit:
2-24 Beginning at a point on the Southwesterly line of the
2-25 H. L. McKee Survey, Jefferson County, Texas, a distance of 270.00
2-26 varas from the most Westerly corner of the aforementioned
2-27 H. L. McKee Survey and being a point from which the U.S. Corps of
3-1 Engineers Sabine-Neches Canal Reference Line Station 116</>28.60
3-2 bears North 5336'14" West 381.04 varas; said Reference Line
3-3 Station being 126.00 varas from the theoretical centerline of the
3-4 Sabine-Neches Canal, said point also being the point of beginning
3-5 of the tract of land herein described;
3-6 Thence, South 5336'14" East 2420.85 varas to a point for
3-7 Thence, South 1009'07" West, 8,236.48 varas to a point for
3-8 Thence, North 3745'58" West, 881.91 varas to a point for
3-9 corner;
3-10 Thence, North 3016'11" West, 423.00 varas to a point for
3-11 corner;
3-12 Thence, North 2100'38" West, 756.00 varas to a point for
3-13 corner;
3-14 Thence, North 3135'15" West, 306.00 varas to a point for
3-15 corner;
3-16 Thence, North 2048'58" West, 705.60 varas to a point for
3-17 corner;
3-18 Thence, North 1517'01" West, 954.00 varas to a point for
3-19 corner;
3-20 Thence, North 2253'31" West, 187.20 varas to a point for
3-21 corner;
3-22 Thence, North 433'44" West, 338.40 varas to a point for
3-23 Thence, North 1534'46" East, 900.00 varas to a point for
3-24 corner;
3-25 Thence, North 2401'13" East, 504.00 varas to a point for
3-26 corner;
3-27 Thence, North 208'30" West, 576.00 varas to a point for
4-1 corner;
4-2 Thence, North 339'50" East, 972.00 varas to a point for
4-3 corner;
4-4 Thence, North 721'00" West, 997.20 varas to a point for
4-5 corner;
4-6 Thence, North 2155'43" East, 491.40 varas to a point for
4-7 corner;
4-8 Thence, North 4223'56" East, 408.60 varas to a point for
4-9 corner;
4-10 Thence, North 038'54" West, 252.00 varas to a point for
4-11 corner;
4-12 Thence, North 3116'43" East, 253.80 varas to a point for
4-13 corner;
4-14 Thence, North 4524'46" East, a distance of 480.24 varas to
4-15 the place of beginning.
4-16 All bearings herein refer to the Lambert Plane Coordinate
4-17 System which differ by 228'41" clockwise from the True Meridian.
4-18 (South Central Zone).
4-19 SECTION 3. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS. The proceeds from the
4-20 conveyance authorized by Section 1 of this Act shall be deposited
4-21 in the state treasury to the credit of the permanent school fund.
4-22 SECTION 4. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
4-23 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-25 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-26 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
4-27 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
5-1 passage, and it is so enacted.