By Chisum H.B. No. 664 76R2172 PAM-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the sale of certain land by the Texas Department of 1-3 Health. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 401.267, Health and Safety Code, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 401.267. ACQUISITION AND SALE OF CERTAIN BY-PRODUCT 1-8 MATERIALS AND SITES. (a) The department may acquire by-product 1-9 material and fee simple title in land, affected mineral rights, 1-10 and buildings at which that by-product material is disposed of and 1-11 abandoned so that the by-product material and property can be 1-12 managed in a manner consistent with protecting public health, 1-13 safety, and the environment. 1-14 (b) The department may sell land acquired under this section 1-15 at the land's fair market value after the department has taken 1-16 corrective action to restore the land to a condition that does not 1-17 compromise the public health or safety or the environment. The 1-18 General Land Office shall negotiate and close a transaction under 1-19 this subsection on behalf of the department using procedures under 1-20 Section 31.158(c), Natural Resources Code. Proceeds from the 1-21 transaction shall be deposited in the Texas capital trust fund. 1-22 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-3 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-4 passage, and it is so enacted.