By Eiland H.B. No. 1171 74R2289 PAM-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to requiring counties to accept ownership of conveyed 1-3 property in certain circumstances. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 270, Local Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Section 270.0011 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 270.0011. ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY REQUIRED IN 1-8 CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), 1-9 a county shall accept ownership of property located in the county 1-10 if: 1-11 (1) the property is properly conveyed as a gift by a 1-12 grantor who acquired title to the property from a debtor in 1-13 default; and 1-14 (2) the conveyance instrument grants to the county 1-15 unencumbered title to the property. 1-16 (b) A county is not required to accept property conveyed 1-17 under this section if: 1-18 (1) an unabated nuisance exists on the property; or 1-19 (2) ownership of the property will subject the county 1-20 to liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 1-21 Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et 1-22 seq.), Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, or Subchapter I, 1-23 Chapter 26, Water Code. 1-24 (c) A county that accepts property under this section may 2-1 retain the property or dispose of the property by any method 2-2 authorized by law. 2-3 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.