By Henderson S.B. No. 748 74R6554 PAM-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to requiring certain local governments to accept ownership 1-3 of conveyed property in certain circumstances. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 280, Local Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Section 280.002 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 280.002. ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY PERMITTED IN 1-8 CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), 1-9 a local government may accept ownership of property located in the 1-10 jurisdiction of the local government 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; 1-14 (2) the grantor sent to the local government by 1-15 registered mail, not later than the 60th day before the date the 1-16 grantor conveys the property, a notice of the grantor's intent to 1-17 convey the property to the local government; and 1-18 (3) the conveyance instrument grants to the local 1-19 government unencumbered title to the property. 1-20 (b) A grantor may convey title to property to a local 1-21 government under Subsection (a) without additional notice if the 1-22 local government does not notify the grantor, within the 60-day 1-23 period provided by Subsection (a)(2), of the local government's 1-24 refusal to accept ownership of the property to be conveyed. 2-1 (c) A local government may not accept property conveyed 2-2 under this section if: 2-3 (1) an unabated nuisance exists on the property; or 2-4 (2) ownership of the property will subject the local 2-5 government to liability under the Comprehensive Environmental 2-6 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 2-7 Section 9601 et seq.), Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, or 2-8 Subchapter I, Chapter 26, Water Code. 2-9 (d) A local government that accepts property under this 2-10 section may retain the property or dispose of the property by any 2-11 method authorized by law. 2-12 (e) In this section, "local government" means a municipality 2-13 or county. 2-14 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.