By Eiland H.B. No. 1800
76R5407 PAM-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the transfer by the General Land Office to the City of
1-3 Texas City the state's interest in certain real property.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. (a) The commissioner of the General Land Office
1-6 on behalf of the state may transfer to the City of Texas City the
1-7 right, title, and interest in and to the property described by
1-8 Subsection (g) of this section.
1-9 (b) The transfer authorized by Subsection (a) of this
1-10 section must be:
1-11 (1) for a cash consideration in an amount not less
1-12 than the fair market value of the property as determined by the
1-13 commissioner of the General Land Office after an appraisal
1-14 performed by an appraiser employed by the General Land Office; and
1-15 (2) under other terms negotiated in a purchase and
1-16 sale agreement between the parties.
1-17 (c) The state expressly reserves for the benefit of the
1-18 permanent school fund the property interest in the minerals in or
1-19 on the property, including the right to explore and develop the
1-20 property for the production of minerals.
1-21 (d) If, after the transfer authorized by Subsection (a) of
1-22 this section, the City of Texas City transfers or attempts to
1-23 transfer title to all or part of the property, title to the
1-24 property automatically reverts to the state.
2-1 (e) On payment of the consideration required by Subsection
2-2 (b) of this section and the execution of an appropriate instrument
2-3 of transfer, the title of the City of Texas City to the property
2-4 becomes absolute, subject only to the reservations provided by this
2-5 section. The City of Texas City may use, develop, or lease all or
2-6 part of the property for public or private purposes subject only to
2-7 applicable provisions of the Texas Constitution.
2-8 (f) Section 31.158, Natural Resources Code, does not apply
2-9 to the transfer of property authorized by this section.
2-10 (g) The real property to which Subsection (a) of this
2-11 section refers is described as follows:
2-12 (1) Tract 1 is 561.29 acres being part of and out of
2-13 "Snake Island, and adjacent submerged lands of Galveston Bay, S.F.
2-14 14149, in Galveston County, Texas; said 561.29 acres being more
2-15 particularly described by metes and bounds as follows, with all
2-16 bearing referenced to the Texas Coordinate System, South Central
2-17 Zone:
2-18 BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the southerly line
2-19 of the Texas City Channel (400 foot wide at this point) with the
2-20 easterly line of the City of Texas City called 375.75 Acre Tract as
2-21 described in conveyance from the State of Texas to the City of
2-22 Texas as per instrument recorded in Volume 1941, Page 750 of the
2-23 Galveston County Deed Records, said beginning point having
2-24 coordinates of X = 3,312,521.4507, Y = 585,317.1428 and being
2-25 witnessed by found US Corps of Engineers (COE) Monument #4-3 with
2-26 coordinates of X = 3,307,552.6629 and Y = 587,685.0209 at a course
2-27 and distance reference of S 64 deg. 31' 11" E, at 5,504.15 feet;
3-1 THENCE, S 76 deg. 47' 18" E, along the southerly line of the
3-2 Texas City Channel (400 feet wide), for a distance of 5,248.23 feet
3-3 to a point for corner;
3-4 THENCE, S 13 deg. 12' 42" W, for a distance of 2,900.00 feet
3-5 to a point for corner;
3-6 THENCE, S 60 deg. 01' 26" W, for a distance of 6,879.77 feet
3-7 to a point for corner, on an easterly line of the said City of
3-8 Texas City called 375.75 Acre Tract;
3-9 THENCE, N 02 deg. 24' 28" W, along the easterly line of the
3-10 said City of Texas City called 375.75 Acre Tract, at a distance of
3-11 169.67 feet pass a 5/8-inch iron rod set for reference with
3-12 coordinates of X = 3,311,001.3697 and Y = 578,026.5441, and
3-13 continuing for a total distance of 2,166.62 feet to a re-entrant
3-14 corner of said called 375.75 Acre Tract;
3-15 THENCE, N 87 deg. 35' 32" E, along a southerly line of said
3-16 City of Texas City called 375.75 Acre Tract, for a distance of
3-17 1,825.01 feet to a point for corner, same being the most easterly
3-18 Southeast corner of said called 375.75 Acre Tract;
3-19 THENCE, N 02 deg. 24' 28" W, along the easterly line of said
3-20 City of Texas City called 375.75 Acre Tract, at a distance of
3-21 4,193.06 feet pass a 5/8-inch iron rod set for reference with
3-22 coordinates of X = 3,312,564.7326 and Y = 584,287.7551, and
3-23 continuing for a total distance of 5,223.36 feet to the POINT OF
3-24 BEGINNING, of a tract containing 561.29 acres.
3-25 (2) Tract 2 is 49.55 acres being part of and out of
3-26 "Snake Island, and adjacent submerged lands of Galveston Bay, S.F.
3-27 14149, in Galveston County, Texas; said 49.55 acres being more
4-1 particularly described by metes and bounds as follows, with all
4-2 bearing referenced to the Texas Coordinate System, South Central
4-3 Zone:
4-4 BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the southerly line
4-5 of a 650 foot wide Industrial Canal as indicated on US Corps of
4-6 Engineers (COE) location map date June, 1978 (File 308-) with the
4-7 westerly line of the City of Texas City called 375.75 Acre Tract as
4-8 described in conveyance from the State of Texas to the City of
4-9 Texas as per instrument recorded in Volume 1941, Page 750 of the
4-10 Galveston County Deed Records, said beginning point having
4-11 coordinates of X = 3,310,113.8424, Y = 580,092.3499;
4-12 THENCE, S 02 deg. 24' 28" E, along the westerly line of said
4-13 City of Texas City called 375.75 Acre Tract, at a distance of
4-14 186.99 feet pass a 5/8-inch iron rod set for reference with
4-15 coordinates of X = 3,310,121.6938 and Y = 579,905.5280, and
4-16 continuing for a total distance of 2,104.34 feet to a point for
4-17 corner, from which a 5/8-inch iron rod set for reference bears S 02
4-18 deg. 24' 28" E, a distance of 402.98 feet (said 5/8-inch iron rod
4-19 having coordinates of X = 3,310,219.1737 and Y = 577,587.2396);
4-20 THENCE, S 87 deg. 35' 32" W, along a northerly line of said
4-21 City of Texas City called 375.75 Acre Tract, for a distance of
4-22 1,539.99 feet to a point for corner, same being the most westerly
4-23 Northwest corner of said City of Texas City called 375.75 Acre
4-24 Tract;
4-25 THENCE, N 04 deg. 26' 32" E, for a distance of 944.90 feet to
4-26 a point for corner, on the southerly line of the aforesaid
4-27 Industrial Canal as shown on COE Location Map (File 308-) dated
5-1 June, 1978;
5-2 THENCE in a generally NORTHEASTERLY direction along the
5-3 southerly line of said Industrial Canal (called 650 feet wide at
5-4 this point) as shown on COE Location Map (File 308-) dated June,
5-5 1978, being a curve to the left having a radius of 2,325.00 feet
5-6 and a central angle of 36 deg. 00' 55", for an arc distance of
5-7 1,461.46 feet to an angle point;
5-8 THENCE, N 55 deg. 02' 36" E, continuing along the southerly
5-9 line of said Industrial Canal (variable width), for a distance of
5-10 409.21 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, of a tract containing 49.55
5-11 acres.
5-12 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
5-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
5-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
5-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
5-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
5-17 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
5-18 passage, and it is so enacted.