By: Rosson S.B. No. 1525 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the acquisition by the Parks and Wildlife Department of 1-2 real property owned by the permanent school fund. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. According to the provisions of this Act, there is 1-5 hereby transferred to the Parks and Wildlife Department all of the 1-6 interest of the permanent school fund in the surface and all of the 1-7 oil, gas, and other minerals in that portion of the A.G. McMath 1-8 Survey No. 298 in El Paso County, Texas, included within the 1-9 boundaries of the Franklin Mountains State Park and subject to the 1-10 provisions of Section 2, Chapter 383, Acts of the 71st Legislature, 1-11 Regular Session, 1989. There is further transferred to the Parks 1-12 and Wildlife Department all of the interest of the permanent school 1-13 fund in all of the oil, gas, and other minerals in the following 1-14 tracts to the extent that these tracts are included within Franklin 1-15 Mountains State Park in El Paso County, Texas (as the boundaries of 1-16 the park are established in Section 2, Chapter 736, Acts of the 1-17 66th Legislature, 1979, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 860, Acts 1-18 of the 67th Legislature, Regular Session, 1981, and Sections 1 and 1-19 2, Chapter 383, Acts of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1-20 1989): 1-21 (1) Clara Mundy Survey No. 251; 1-22 (2) Clara A. Mundy Survey No. 252; 1-23 (3) Clara A. Mundy Survey No. 253; 2-1 (4) J.A. Rogers Survey No. 400; 2-2 (5) W.P. Paschal Survey No. 277; 2-3 (6) A.G. McMath Survey No. 296; 2-4 (7) A.G. McMath Survey No. 297; 2-5 (8) A.G. McMath Survey No. 299; 2-6 (9) A.G. McMath Survey No. 300; 2-7 (10) A.G. McMath Survey No. 301; 2-8 (11) A.G. McMath Survey No. 306; 2-9 (12) H.G. Foster Survey No. 259; 2-10 (13) H.G. Foster Survey No. 260; 2-11 (14) H.G. Foster Survey No. 261; 2-12 (15) A.F. Miller Survey No. 217; 2-13 (16) Lee Moor Survey No. 221; 2-14 (17) Lee Moor Survey No. 222; 2-15 (18) Eli Nations Survey No. 271; 2-16 (19) Eli Nations Survey No. 272; 2-17 (20) S.J. Larkin Survey No. 268; 2-18 (21) S.J. Larkin Survey No. 269; 2-19 (22) S.J. Larkin Survey No. 270; 2-20 (23) Section 4, Block 81, Township 1, Texas and 2-21 Pacific Railway Company Survey; 2-22 (24) Section 6, Block 81, Township 1, Texas and 2-23 Pacific Railway Company Survey; 2-24 (25) Section 8, Block 81, Township 1, Texas and 2-25 Pacific Railway Company Survey; 3-1 (26) Section 16, Block 81, Township 1, Texas and 3-2 Pacific Railway Company Survey; 3-3 (27) Section 24, Block 81, Township 1, Texas and 3-4 Pacific Railway Company Survey; 3-5 (28) Section 6, Block 81, Township 2, Texas and 3-6 Pacific Railway Company Survey; 3-7 (29) Section 14, Block 81, Township 2, Texas and 3-8 Pacific Railway Company Survey; 3-9 (30) Section 2, Block 82, Township 1, Texas and 3-10 Pacific Railway Company Survey; 3-11 (31) Section 4, Block 82, Township 1, Texas and 3-12 Pacific Railway Company Survey; and 3-13 (32) Section 8, Block 82, Township 1, Texas and 3-14 Pacific Railway Company Survey. 3-15 SECTION 2. In compensation to the permanent school fund for 3-16 the surface and mineral interests transferred to the Parks and 3-17 Wildlife Department as described in Section 1 of this Act, no later 3-18 than September 1, 1996, the department shall convey land of equal 3-19 fair market value to the permanent school fund from other lands 3-20 held by the Parks and Wildlife Department. The particular tracts 3-21 of land to be conveyed to the permanent school fund shall be 3-22 identified by the mutual agreement of the School Land Board and the 3-23 Parks and Wildlife Department. Fair market value shall be 3-24 determined in accordance with an appraisal of the properties by an 3-25 appraiser mutually agreed to by the School Land Board and the Parks 4-1 and Wildlife Department. 4-2 SECTION 3. The transfer of land to the permanent school fund 4-3 described in Section 2 of this Act will remove the land from the 4-4 state park, wildlife management area, or scientific area and change 4-5 the legal boundary of any affected state park, wildlife management 4-6 area, or scientific area accordingly. 4-7 SECTION 4. On or before December 1, 1996, the General Land 4-8 Office, the School Land Board, and the Parks and Wildlife 4-9 Department shall develop a plan for the removal or conveyance to 4-10 the Parks and Wildlife Department pursuant to one or more sales, 4-11 exchanges, or other transfers of the surface estate in real estate, 4-12 other than mineral interests and other than submerged lands and 4-13 tidelands, then dedicated to the permanent school fund that is 4-14 located within the boundaries of any tracts managed by the Parks 4-15 and Wildlife Department, including, without limitation, any state 4-16 parks, wildlife management areas, and scientific areas, but not 4-17 including coastal preserves, which plan shall provide for fair 4-18 market value compensation, in land or money, to the permanent 4-19 school fund. The determination of fair market value will be in 4-20 accordance with an appraisal mutually agreed to by the School Land 4-21 Board and the Parks and Wildlife Department. 4-22 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the 4-23 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 5-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.