SLC H.B. 3212 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS


LAND & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
H.B. 3212
By: Raymond
4-14-97
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND 

The County of Duval, in 1993, granted 308.33 acres of land to the State of
Texas Department of Criminal Justice for construction of the Ernestine
Glossbrenner Substance Abuse Felony Punishment (SAF-P) facility. Not all
of the land has been utilized. Duval County now requests 25.00 acres of
that unutilized land be transferred back to the county for construction of
a juvenile substance abuse facility.  

PURPOSE

HB 3212 transfers 25.00 acres of unutilized land from the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice to the County of Duval. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or
institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Authorizes the transfer of 25.00 acres of land from the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice to the County of Duval and specifies, by
professional land survey, the precise dimensions of the tract. The section
also requires Duval County to use the property for a public purpose or
ownership of the property automatically reverts to the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice. The section also requires the transfer to occur by
October 31, 1997. 

SECTION 2.  Emergency clause.