By Gutierrez H.B. No. 616
75R2718 PAM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas
1-3 National Guard Armory Board to certain municipalities.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. (a) The Texas National Guard Armory Board shall
1-6 donate and transfer to the City of Donna the real property
1-7 described by Subsection (d) of this section if:
1-8 (1) the property is no longer used by the Texas
1-9 National Guard Armory Board as an armory;
1-10 (2) the property is fully paid for and free of liens;
1-11 and
1-12 (3) all obligations incurred in connection with the
1-13 acquisition and construction of the property have been fully paid.
1-14 (b) The Texas National Guard Armory Board shall transfer the
1-15 property by an appropriate instrument of transfer. The instrument
1-16 must include a provision that:
1-17 (1) requires the City of Donna to use the property
1-18 only for governmental purposes; and
1-19 (2) indicates that ownership of the property will
1-20 automatically revert to the Texas National Guard Armory Board if
1-21 the City of Donna uses the property for any purpose other than a
1-22 governmental purpose.
1-23 (c) The Texas National Guard Armory Board shall retain
1-24 custody of the instrument of transfer after its filing.
2-1 (d) The real property referred to in Subsection (a) of this
2-2 section is described as follows:
2-3 Being Lots Eight (8) to Twenty-One (21), inclusive, and Lots
2-4 Thirty-five (35) to Forty (40), inclusive, out of the La Colonial
2-5 Subdivision in Donna, Hidalgo County, Texas, said Subdivision being
2-6 a Re-subdivision of Lots One (1) and Two (2), Block Eighty-One (81)
2-7 of the Lott, Town and Improvement Company's Subdivision of lands in
2-8 Hidalgo County, Texas, according to the maps and plats of said
2-9 subdivisions of record in the Office of the County Clerk of Hidalgo
2-10 County, Texas, to which reference is here made for all purposes;
2-11 SAVE AND EXCEPT all of the Oil, Gas, and other minerals in and
2-12 under, and that may be produced from said property, same being
2-13 expressly reserved to the City of Donna, Texas.
2-14 SECTION 2. (a) The Texas National Guard Armory Board shall
2-15 donate and transfer to the City of Edinburg the real property
2-16 described by Subsection (d) of this section if:
2-17 (1) the property is no longer used by the Texas
2-18 National Guard Armory Board as an armory;
2-19 (2) the property is fully paid for and free of liens;
2-20 and
2-21 (3) all obligations incurred in connection with the
2-22 acquisition and construction of the property have been fully paid.
2-23 (b) The Texas National Guard Armory Board shall transfer the
2-24 property by an appropriate instrument of transfer. The instrument
2-25 must include a provision that:
2-26 (1) requires the City of Edinburg to use the property
2-27 only for governmental purposes; and
3-1 (2) indicates that ownership of the property will
3-2 automatically revert to the Texas National Guard Armory Board if
3-3 the City of Edinburg uses the property for any purpose other than a
3-4 governmental purpose.
3-5 (c) The Texas National Guard Armory Board shall retain
3-6 custody of the instrument of transfer after its filing.
3-7 (d) The real property referred to in Subsection (a) of this
3-8 section is described as follows:
3-9 A tract of land containing 3.42 acres, more or less, out of Lot No.
3-10 Ten (10) in Section No. Two Hundred Seventy-One (271) of the
3-11 Texas-Mexican Railway Company's Surveys in Hidalgo County, Texas,
3-12 according to the map or plat showing the subdivision of said
3-13 section along with other sections appearing of record in Volume 24,
3-14 Page 168 of the Deed Records of Hidalgo County, Texas, said tract
3-15 being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
3-16 Beginning at a point on the West boundary line of said Lot No. Ten
3-17 (10), Section No. Two Hundred Seventy-One (271), 603.8 feet North
3-18 of the Southwest corner of said Lot; Thence Easterly on a line
3-19 parallel to the South boundary line of said Lot No. 10 a distance
3-20 of 307.86 feet to a point for the Southeast corner of this tract;
3-21 Thence Northerly on a line parallel to the West boundary line of
3-22 said Lot No. 10 a distance of 650.2 feet to a point, which point is
3-23 66 feet South of the North boundary line of said Lot No. 10 and
3-24 also 13 feet South of the South concrete edge of a concrete-lined
3-25 canal; Thence Westerly on a line parallel to the North boundary
3-26 line of said Lot No. 10 and said concrete canal a distance of 132
3-27 feet to a point; Thence Southerly and Westerly a distance of 141.39
4-1 feet along a curved line parallel to and 13 feet distant from said
4-2 concrete canal to a point; Thence Southerly on a line parallel to
4-3 the West boundary line of said Lot No. 10 and concrete canal a
4-4 distance of 391 feet to a point; Thence Westerly on a line parallel
4-5 to the North boundary line of said Lot No. 10 a distance of 36 feet
4-6 to a point; Thence Southerly on a line parallel to the West
4-7 boundary line of said Lot No. 10 a distance of 160 feet to a
4-8 point; Thence Westerly on a line parallel to the North boundary
4-9 line of said Lot No. 10 a distance of 50 feet to a point on the
4-10 West boundary line of said Lot No. 10; Thence Southerly along the
4-11 West boundary line of said Lot No. 10 a distance of 10 feet to the
4-12 point of beginning, containing, by the above metes and bounds, 3.42
4-13 acres of land, more or less.
4-14 SECTION 3. (a) The Texas National Guard Armory Board shall
4-15 donate and transfer to the City of McAllen the real property
4-16 described by Subsection (d) of this section if:
4-17 (1) the property is no longer used by the Texas
4-18 National Guard Armory Board as an armory;
4-19 (2) the property is fully paid for and free of liens;
4-20 and
4-21 (3) all obligations incurred in connection with the
4-22 acquisition and construction of the property have been fully paid.
4-23 (b) The Texas National Guard Armory Board shall transfer the
4-24 property by an appropriate instrument of transfer. The instrument
4-25 must include a provision that:
4-26 (1) requires the City of McAllen to use the property
4-27 only for governmental purposes; and
5-1 (2) indicates that ownership of the property will
5-2 automatically revert to the Texas National Guard Armory Board if
5-3 the City of McAllen uses the property for any purpose other than a
5-4 governmental purpose.
5-5 (c) The Texas National Guard Armory Board shall retain
5-6 custody of the instrument of transfer after its filing.
5-7 (d) The real property referred to in Subsection (a) of this
5-8 section is described as follows:
5-9 The North Five (N 5) acres of the South Eight and Sixty Nine
5-10 Hundredths (8.69) acres of Lot Fifteen (15) in the Northwest
5-11 Quarter (1/4) of Section Seven (7), Hidalgo Canal Company's
5-12 Subdivision of lands out of Porciones 64, 65 and 66 in Hidalgo
5-13 County, Texas, said five (5) acres being the North 303.77 feet of
5-14 the South 528.0 feet of said Lot 15, and is described by metes and
5-15 bounds as follows:
5-16 BEGINNING at a point in South Main Street in the City of McAllen,
5-17 Texas, on the West line of Lot 15, Northwest 1/4 of Section 7,
5-18 Hidalgo Canal Company's Subdivision of Porciones 64, 65 and 66,
5-19 Hidalgo County, Texas, North 8 degrees 46 minutes West, 528.0 feet
5-20 from the Southwest corner of said Lot 15 for the Northwest corner
5-21 of the South 8.69 acres of said lot and the Northwest corner
5-22 hereof.
5-23 THENCE, with the North line of the South 8.69 acres of Lot 15,
5-24 South 81 deg. 16 min. East, 717.0 feet to a point on the East line
5-25 of Lot 15 for the Northeast corner hereof.
5-26 THENCE, with the East line of Lot 15, South 8 deg. 46 min. West,
5-27 303.77 feet to a point for the Southeast corner hereof.
6-1 THENCE, parallel to the South line of Lot 15, North 81 deg. 16 min.
6-2 West, 717.0 feet to a point on the West line of Lot 15 for the
6-3 Southwest corner hereof.
6-4 THENCE, with the West line of Lot 15 in South Main Street, North 8
6-5 deg. 46 min. West, 303.77 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING,
6-6 containing 5.0 acres of land, of which the West 39.0 feet is hereby
6-7 set aside for Main Street right-of-way:
6-8 SAVE AND EXCEPT all oil, gas and other minerals.
6-9 SECTION 4. (a) The Texas National Guard Armory Board shall
6-10 donate and transfer to the City of Pharr the real property
6-11 described by Subsection (d) of this section if:
6-12 (1) the property is no longer used by the Texas
6-13 National Guard Armory Board as an armory;
6-14 (2) the property is fully paid for and free of liens;
6-15 and
6-16 (3) all obligations incurred in connection with the
6-17 acquisition and construction of the property have been fully paid.
6-18 (b) The Texas National Guard Armory Board shall transfer the
6-19 property by an appropriate instrument of transfer. The instrument
6-20 must include a provision that:
6-21 (1) requires the City of Pharr to use the property
6-22 only for governmental purposes; and
6-23 (2) indicates that ownership of the property will
6-24 automatically revert to the Texas National Guard Armory Board if
6-25 the City of Pharr uses the property for any purpose other than a
6-26 governmental purpose.
6-27 (c) The Texas National Guard Armory Board shall retain
7-1 custody of the instrument of transfer after its filing.
7-2 (d) The real property referred to in Subsection (a) of this
7-3 section is described as follows:
7-4 Three (3) acres of land in the South part of Lot Number 182 of the
7-5 Kelly-Pharr Subdivision of Porciones 69-70, Hidalgo County, Texas,
7-6 according to the map of said subdivision, recorded in Volume "3",
7-7 pages 133-134, of the Deed Records of said county, described by
7-8 metes and bounds as follows, to wit:
7-9 Beginning in the South line of said Lot No. 182 at a point N 81
7-10 35' W 630 feet from the Southeast corner of said lot, for the
7-11 Southwest corner hereof; thence S 81 35' E 300 feet to a point in
7-12 said south line for the Southeast corner hereof; thence N 8 25' E
7-13 parallel with the East line of said lot, 435.6 feet to a point for
7-14 the Northeast corner hereof; thence N 81 35' W, parallel with the
7-15 South line of said lot, 300 feet to a point for the Northwest
7-16 corner hereof; Thence S 8 25' W, parallel with the East line of
7-17 said lot, 435.6 feet to the place and point of beginning,-
7-18 containing three (3) acres, EXCEPTING from this conveyance however,
7-19 and not conveyed hereby, all of the oil, gas and other minerals in,
7-20 under and that may be produced from said described three acres.
7-21 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
7-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
7-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
7-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
7-25 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
7-26 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
7-27 passage, and it is so enacted.