By Staples H.B. No. 2019
76R5064 MLS-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the conveyance of certain state-owned real property in
1-3 Cherokee County to the City of Rusk.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR CONVEYANCE. (a) The Texas
1-6 Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation may convey, on
1-7 behalf of the state, all of the interest of the state in the real
1-8 property described by Section 2 of this Act and all improvements on
1-9 the property to the City of Rusk.
1-10 (b) The General Land Office shall determine the amount of
1-11 consideration due under this Act by determining the fair market
1-12 value of the property.
1-13 (c) Proceeds from the sale shall be deposited to the credit
1-14 of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation in
1-15 the Texas capital trust fund established under Chapter 2201,
1-16 Government Code. The proceeds and any interest from the proceeds
1-17 may be appropriated only for improvements to the facilities of the
1-18 Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
1-19 (d) The commissioner of the General Land Office shall
1-20 reserve ownership of all oil, gas, and other minerals in and under
1-21 the real property and the right to remove the oil, gas, and other
1-22 minerals, including the right to grant oil, gas, and mineral
1-23 leases.
1-24 (e) Sections 31.1571 and 31.158, Natural Resources Code, and
2-1 533.084, Health and Safety Code, do not apply to the conveyance
2-2 authorized by this section.
2-3 SECTION 2. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION. The real property
2-4 authorized for conveyance by Section 1 of this Act consists of the
2-5 real property described as follows:
2-6 BEING 12.74 acres of land in the A. H. WHITE SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO.
2-7 931, Cherokee County, Texas, and being part of a 1929.79 acre tract
2-8 described in deed from the Texas Board of Control to Rusk State
2-9 Hospital, December 4, 1929, recorded in Volume 139, Page 426, Deed
2-10 Records of Cherokee County, Texas, (hereinafter shown as
2-11 volume/page, DR, or LR for Land Records) Bearings are based on
2-12 South 05 deg. 58 min. 00 sec. East, along the West line of a 10
2-13 acre tract described in deed from the Texas Board of Mental Health
2-14 and Mental Retardation, to Cherokee County, Texas, September 1,
2-15 1987, recorded in Volume 1043, Page 717, L.R. SAID tract described
2-16 as follows: See Plat:
2-17 BEGINNING at a 1/2" steel rod set in the North line of Castner
2-18 Street for the Southwest corner of 2.057 acres. 70 feet wide.
2-19 Locally known as Underwood Street (no dedication found), for the
2-20 Southeast corner of this tract, from which a 1/2" steel rod found
2-21 for the Southwest corner of said 10 acres and the Southeast corner
2-22 of Underwood Street bears North 88 deg. 07 min. 16 sec. East,
2-23 70.18 feet and a Concrete Monument with brass cap found marked No.
2-24 75-1969 bears North 88 deg. 07 min. 16 sec. East, 608.60 feet;
2-25 THENCE South 88 deg. 07 min. 16 sec. West, with the North line of
2-26 Castner Street 82.40 feet to a 1/2" steel rod set on the East bank
2-27 of a creek in the East line of U.S. Highway No. 69;
3-1 THENCE North 47 deg. 27 min. 47 sec. West, with the East line of
3-2 U.S. Highway No. 69, 1108.71 feet to a 1/2" steel rod found in the
3-3 center of a broke concrete monument No. 49-1969 for right-of-way
3-4 offset corner;
3-5 THENCE North 28 deg. 23 min. 09 sec. East, with highway offset
3-6 77.34 feet to a concrete monument found with brass cap in top
3-7 marked 50-1969 for a right-of-way offset corner on bank of branch;
3-8 THENCE North 47 deg. 27 min. 47 sec. West, with said highway 31.59
3-9 feet to a 5/8" steel rod set in the centerline of a branch for a
3-10 corner of this tract;
3-11 THENCE Easterly with centerline of branch as follows: South 71
3-12 deg. 56 min. 19 sec. East - 41.85 feet, South 30 deg. 20 min. 24
3-13 sec. East - 51.34 feet, North 55 deg. 06 min. 38 sec. East -
3-14 30.71 feet, South 85 deg. 14 min. 07 sec. East - 79.01 feet, South
3-15 50 deg. 05 min. 11 sec. East - 44.71 feet, North 70 deg. 23 min.
3-16 26 sec. East - 56.19 feet, South 63 deg. 50 min. 43 sec. East -
3-17 50.35 feet, South 62 deg. 58 min. 17 sec. East - 42.94 feet, North
3-18 58 deg. 23 min. 02 sec. East - 37.91 feet, and North 86 deg. 21
3-19 min. 19 sec. East - 7.13 feet to a 5/8" steel rod set in center
3-20 line of intersection of said branch and a creek;
3-21 THENCE Northerly with centerline of creek as follows: North 06
3-22 deg. 00 min. 28 sec. West - 227.49 feet, North 39 deg. 28 min. 44
3-23 sec. West - 66.73 feet, North 11 deg. 32 min. 17 sec. West -
3-24 119.80 feet and North 06 deg. 37 min. 14 sec. East - 20.20 feet to
3-25 a 5/8" steel rod set in centerline of creek for the most Northerly
3-26 Northwest corner of this tract;
3-27 THENCE North 82 deg. 13 min. 39 sec. East, at 25.00 feet pass a
4-1 1/2" steel rod set on the bank of creek for a reference corner,
4-2 continuing 468.95 feet in all to a 1/2" steel rod set in the West
4-3 line of said Underwood Street or 2.057 acres for the Northeast
4-4 corner of this tract;
4-5 THENCE South 05 deg. 58 min. 00 sec. East, with the West line of
4-6 Underwood Street or said 2.057 acres, 70 feet West of and parallel
4-7 with the West line of said 10 acres, 1244.11 feet to the PLACE OF
4-8 BEGINNING and containing within these calls 12.74 acres of land.
4-9 SECTION 3. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
4-10 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
4-14 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
4-15 passage, and it is so enacted.