76R15222 PAM-F By Moncrief, et al. S.B. No. 396 Substitute the following for S.B. No. 396: By Krusee C.S.S.B. No. 396 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to authorizing the conveyance of certain state property 1-3 located in Howard and Tarrant counties. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. (a) The Texas Department of Mental Health and 1-6 Mental Retardation may convey, on behalf of the state, all or any 1-7 portion of the state's interest in the real property, including the 1-8 land and all improvements affixed to the land, described by 1-9 Subsection (e) of this section to the West Texas Centers for Mental 1-10 Health and Mental Retardation for use as a facility to provide 1-11 community-based mental health and mental retardation services. 1-12 (b) The reservations contained in the deed to the state 1-13 recorded at volume 642, page 480, of the Deed Records of Howard 1-14 County run with the land and are binding on the West Texas Centers 1-15 for Mental Health and Mental Retardation. 1-16 (c) The West Texas Centers for Mental Health and Mental 1-17 Retardation may use the property conveyed under this section only 1-18 for the purpose of providing community-based mental health and 1-19 mental retardation services. If the West Texas Centers for Mental 1-20 Health and Mental Retardation discontinues using the property for 1-21 the purpose of providing community-based mental health and mental 1-22 retardation services for more than 180 continuous days, ownership 1-23 of the property automatically reverts to the Texas Department of 2-1 Mental Health and Mental Retardation. 2-2 (d) The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental 2-3 Retardation shall convey the property by an appropriate instrument 2-4 of conveyance. The instrument of conveyance must include a 2-5 provision that: 2-6 (1) indicates that the reservations described by 2-7 Subsection (b) of this section are binding on the West Texas 2-8 Centers for Mental Health and Mental Retardation; 2-9 (2) requires the West Texas Centers for Mental Health 2-10 and Mental Retardation to use the property only for the purpose of 2-11 providing community-based mental health and mental retardation 2-12 services; and 2-13 (3) indicates that ownership of the property 2-14 automatically reverts to the Texas Department of Mental Health and 2-15 Mental Retardation if the West Texas Centers for Mental Health and 2-16 Mental Retardation discontinues using the property for the purpose 2-17 of providing community-based mental health and mental retardation 2-18 services for more than 180 continuous days. 2-19 (e) The real property referred to in Subsection (a) of this 2-20 section consists of an administrative office building and adjacent 2-21 parking lot described as Lots 5, 6, and 7, Block 19, Original Town 2-22 Site, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, and further described as a 2-23 +/- 0.48 acre tract in a deed to the state recorded at volume 642, 2-24 page 480, of the Deed Records of Howard County. 2-25 SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Department of Mental Health and 2-26 Mental Retardation may convey, on behalf of the state, all or any 2-27 portion of the state's interest in the real property, including the 3-1 land and all improvements affixed to the land, described by 3-2 Subsection (f) of this section to Tarrant County Mental Health and 3-3 Mental Retardation Services for use as a facility to provide 3-4 community-based mental health and mental retardation services or 3-5 services for the treatment of alcohol and substance abuse. 3-6 (b) The conditions precedent and possibility of reverter 3-7 established in the deed to the state recorded at volume 8528, page 3-8 2057, of the Deed Records of Tarrant County run with the land and 3-9 are binding on Tarrant County Mental Health and Mental Retardation 3-10 Services. 3-11 (c) Tarrant County Mental Health and Mental Retardation 3-12 Services may use the property conveyed under this section only for 3-13 the purpose of providing community-based mental health and mental 3-14 retardation services or services for the treatment of alcohol and 3-15 substance abuse. Tarrant County Mental Health and Mental 3-16 Retardation Services shall immediately notify the Texas Department 3-17 of Mental Health and Mental Retardation if Tarrant County Mental 3-18 Health and Mental Retardation Services determines that the property 3-19 will not be used to provide the services described by this 3-20 subsection for more than 60 continuous days. 3-21 (d) Tarrant County Mental Health and Mental Retardation 3-22 Services may enter into a binding agreement to sell or otherwise 3-23 dispose of the property if Tarrant County Mental Health and Mental 3-24 Retardation Services: 3-25 (1) provides notice of the intent to sell or otherwise 3-26 dispose of the property to the Texas Department of Mental Health 3-27 and Mental Retardation no later than the 180th day before: 4-1 (A) the 60th day after the date Tarrant County 4-2 Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services discontinues using 4-3 the property to provide the services described by Subsection (c) of 4-4 this section; or 4-5 (B) the date Tarrant County Mental Health and 4-6 Mental Retardation Services enters into a binding agreement to sell 4-7 or otherwise dispose of the property; and 4-8 (2) obtains approval from the Texas Board of Mental 4-9 Health and Mental Retardation regarding the use and allocation of 4-10 the proceeds of the sale or other disposition of the property. 4-11 (e) The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental 4-12 Retardation shall convey the property by an appropriate instrument 4-13 of conveyance. The instrument of conveyance must include a 4-14 provision that: 4-15 (1) indicates that the conditions precedent and 4-16 possibility of reverter described by Subsection (b) of this section 4-17 are binding on Tarrant County Mental Health and Mental Retardation 4-18 Services; 4-19 (2) requires Tarrant County Mental Health and Mental 4-20 Retardation Services to use the property only for the purpose of 4-21 providing community-based mental health and mental retardation 4-22 services or services for the treatment of alcohol and substance 4-23 abuse; and 4-24 (3) requires Tarrant County Mental Health and Mental 4-25 Retardation Services to immediately notify the Texas Department of 4-26 Mental Health and Mental Retardation if Tarrant County Mental 4-27 Health and Mental Retardation Services determines that the property 5-1 will not be used to provide the services described by Subdivision 5-2 (2) of this subsection for more than 60 continuous days. 5-3 (f) The real property referred to in Subsection (a) of this 5-4 section consists of the former site of the Tarrant County 5-5 Psychiatric Hospital situated at 1527 Hemphill Street in Fort 5-6 Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, and further described as a +/- 3.98 5-7 acre tract in a deed to the state recorded at volume 8528, page 5-8 2057, of the Deed Records of Tarrant County. 5-9 SECTION 3. The state reserves its property interest in all 5-10 oil, gas, and other minerals in and under the land conveyed as 5-11 authorized by this Act and the right and power to remove any or all 5-12 of the oil, gas, or other minerals, including any right and power 5-13 to grant oil, gas, and mineral leases held by the state before the 5-14 conveyance of the property described by this Act. 5-15 SECTION 4. Sections 31.1571 and 31.158, Natural Resources 5-16 Code, and Sections 533.084 and 533.087, Health and Safety Code, do 5-17 not apply to the conveyances authorized by this Act. 5-18 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the 5-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 5-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 5-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 5-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 5-23 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 5-24 passage, and it is so enacted.