Amend HB 3620 by adding the following appropriately numbered
section to the bill and renumbering subsequent sections of the bill
appropriately:
SECTION 3. (a) On or before January 1, 2001, the
commissioner of the General Land Office on behalf of the state may
transfer to the City of Texas City the right, title, and interest
in and to the property described by Subsection (h) of this section.
(b) The transfer authorized by Subsection (a) of this
section must be:
(1) for a cash consideration in an amount not less
than the fair market value of the property as determined by the
commissioner of the General Land Office after an appraisal
performed by an appraiser employed by the General Land Office; and
(2) under other terms negotiated in a purchase and
sale agreement between the parties.
(c) All terms of the transfer described by Subsection (b)
must be completed before the General Land Office may transfer title
to the property described by Subsection (h).
(d) The state expressly reserves for the benefit of the
permanent school fund all oil, gas, and other minerals in, on, or
under the property and the unrestricted right of ingress and egress
to explore for and develop those minerals.
(e) If, after the transfer authorized by Subsection (a) of
this section, the City of Texas City transfers or attempts to
transfer title to all or part of the property, title to the
property automatically reverts to the state.
(f) On payment of the consideration required by Subsection
(b) of this section and the execution of an appropriate instrument
of transfer, the title of the City of Texas City to the property
becomes absolute, subject only to the reservations provided by this
section. The City of Texas City may use, develop, or lease all or
part of the property for public or private purposes subject only to
applicable provisions of the Texas Constitution.
(g) Section 31.158, Natural Resources Code, does not apply
to the transfer of property authorized by this section.
(h) The real property to which Subsection (a) of this
section refers is described as follows:
(1) Tract 1 is 561.29 acres being part of and out of
"Snake Island, and adjacent submerged lands of Galveston Bay, S.F.
14149, in Galveston County, Texas; said 561.29 acres being more
particularly described by metes and bounds as follows, with all
bearing referenced to the Texas Coordinate System, South Central
Zone:
BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the southerly line
of the Texas City Channel (400 foot wide at this point) with the
easterly line of the City of Texas City called 375.75 Acre Tract as
described in conveyance from the State of Texas to the City of
Texas as per instrument recorded in Volume 1941, Page 750 of the
Galveston County Deed Records, said beginning point having
witnessed by found US Corps of Engineers (COE) Monument #4-3 with
and distance reference of S 64 deg. 31' 11" E, at 5,504.15 feet;
THENCE, S 76 deg. 47' 18" E, along the southerly line of the
Texas City Channel (400 feet wide), for a distance of 5,248.23 feet
to a point for corner;
THENCE, S 13 deg. 12' 42" W, for a distance of 2,900.00 feet
to a point for corner;
THENCE, S 60 deg. 01' 26" W for a distance of 6,879.77 feet
to a point for corner, on an easterly line of the said City of
Texas City called 375.75 Acre Tract;
THENCE, N 02 deg. 24' 28" W, along the easterly line of the
said City of Texas City called 375.75 Acre Tract, at a distance of
169.67 feet pass a 5/8-inch iron rod set for reference with
continuing for a total distance of 2,166.62 feet to a re-entrant
corner of said called 375.75 Acre Tract;
THENCE, N 87 deg. 35' 32" E, along a southerly line of said
City of Texas City called 375.75 Acre Tract, for a distance of
1,825.01 feet to a point for corner, same being the most easterly
Southeast corner of said called 375.75 Acre Tract;
THENCE, N 02 deg. 24' 28" W, along the easterly line of said
City of Texas City called 375.75 Acre Tract, at a distance of
4,193.06 feet pass a 5/8-inch iron rod set for reference with
continuing for a total distance of 5,223.36 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING, of a tract containing 561.29 acres.
(2) Tract 2 is 49.55 acres being part of and out of
"Snake Island, and adjacent submerged lands of Galveston Bay, S.F.
14149, in Galveston County, Texas; said 49.55 acres being more
particularly described by metes and bounds as follows, with all
bearing referenced to the Texas Coordinate System, South Central
Zone:
BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the southerly line
of a 650 foot wide Industrial Canal as indicated on US Corps of
Engineers (COE) location map date June 1978 (File 308-) with the
westerly line of the City of Texas City called 375.75 Acre Tract as
described in conveyance from the State of Texas to the City of
Texas as per instrument recorded in Volume 1941, Page 750 of the
Galveston County Deed Records, said beginning point having
THENCE, S 02 deg. 24' 28" E, along the westerly line of said
City of Texas City called 375.75 Acre Tract, at a distance of
186.99 feet pass a 5/8-inch iron rod set for reference with
continuing for a total distance of 2,104.34 feet to a point for
corner, from which a 5/8-inch iron rod set for reference bears S 02
deg. 24' 28" E, a distance of 402.98 feet (said 5/8-inch iron rod
THENCE, S 87 deg. 35' 32" W, along a northerly line of said
City of Texas City called 375.75 Acre Tract, for a distance of
1,539.99 feet to a point for corner, same being the most westerly
Northwest corner of said City of Texas City called 375.75 Acre
Tract;
THENCE, N 04 deg. 26' 32" E, for a distance of 944.90 feet to
a point for corner, on the southerly line of the aforesaid
Industrial Canal as shown on COE Location Map (File 308-) dated
June, 1978;
THENCE in a generally NORTHEASTERLY direction along the
southerly line of said Industrial Canal (called 650 feet wide at
this point) as shown on COE Location Map (File 308-) dated June,
1978, being a curve to the left having a radius of 2,325.00 feet
and a central angle of 36 deg. 00' 55", for an arc distance of
1,461.46 feet to an angle point;
THENCE, N 55 deg. 02' 36" E, continuing along the southerly
line of said Industrial Canal (variable width), for a distance of
409.21 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, of a tract containing 49.55
acres.