1-1        By:  Montford                                   S.B. No. 1328
    1-2        (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 1995; March 20, 1995, read
    1-3  first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
    1-4  March 28, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 11,
    1-5  Nays 0; March 28, 1995, sent to printer.)
    1-6                         A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-7                                AN ACT
    1-8  relating to the release of the state's reversionary interest in
    1-9  certain real property located in Howard County.
   1-10        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
   1-11        SECTION 1.  (a)  The General Land Office may release, on
   1-12  behalf of the state, the state's reversionary interest described by
   1-13  Section 2, Chapter 85, Acts of the 64th Legislature, 1975, in the
   1-14  real property conveyed to the City of Big Spring and described by
   1-15  Section 2 of this Act if:
   1-16              (1)  the City of Big Spring and the Texas Department of
   1-17  Mental Health and Mental Retardation execute a memorandum of
   1-18  understanding ensuring that the future use of the property is
   1-19  compatible with the operation of the Big Spring State Hospital;
   1-20              (2)  the City of Big Spring ensures that the portion of
   1-21  the property set aside for public use is accessible to persons with
   1-22  disabilities; and
   1-23              (3)  the City of Big Spring pays consideration to the
   1-24  state in an amount determined by the General Land Office.
   1-25        (b)  The General Land Office shall determine the amount of
   1-26  consideration due under this Act by determining the fair market
   1-27  value of the property as if the restrictions described by Section
   1-28  2, Chapter 85, Acts of the 64th Legislature, 1975, do not apply
   1-29  less the fair market value of the property determined as if the
   1-30  restrictions apply.
   1-31        SECTION 2.  The real property referred to in Section 1 of
   1-32  this Act includes only the territory contained in the following
   1-33  area:
   1-34  being a 70.67 acre tract, Sec. 26, Block 33, T-1-N T & P RR Co.
   1-35  Survey, Howard County, Texas, to wit:
   1-36        Beginning at a 3/4" G.I.P. in the South line of Sec. 23,
   1-37  Block 33, T-1-N, T. & P. RR Co. Survey, Howard County, Texas, and
   1-38  in the East boundary line of a north-south paved county road, for
   1-39  the NW corner of this tract; From whence a railroad spike in the
   1-40  centerline of pavement, the NW corner of Sec. 26, Block 33, T-1-N
   1-41  bears S. 75 40' 15" W 1435.4';
   1-42        Thence N 75 40' 15" E with the South line of said Sec. 23,
   1-43  1320.0' to a 3/4" G.I.P. for the N.E. corner of this tract;
   1-44        Thence S. 14 27' E. 2303.83' to a 3/4" G.I.P. in the north
   1-45  right-of-way line of I.H. 20 for SE corner of this tract.
   1-46        Thence S 75 59' 58" W with said north right-of-way line of
   1-47  I.H. 20, 1,085.48' to a 3/4" G.I.P. for the most easterly SW corner
   1-48  of this tract.
   1-49        Thence N. 14 00' 02" W with said north right-of-way line of
   1-50  I.H. 20, 10.0' to a 3/4" G.I.P. the beginning of a curve to the
   1-51  right (having a radius of 1860' and a delta angle of 23 42'), for
   1-52  an interior corner of this tract.
   1-53        Thence with the north right-of-way of I.H. 20, the arc of
   1-54  said curve to the right 277.57' to a 3/4' G.I.P. in the east
   1-55  boundary line of a north-south paved county road, for the most
   1-56  westerly SW corner of this tract;
   1-57        Thence N 13 24' 07" W. 2275.80' to the place of beginning
   1-58  containing 70.67 acres of land, more or less.
   1-59        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
   1-60  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   1-61  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   1-62  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   1-63  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
   1-64  and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
   1-65  passage, and it is so enacted.
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