AN ACT
 1-1     relating to the transfer of certain tracts of state property from
 1-2     the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Walker County and
 1-3     Mitchell County.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  (a)  Not later than January 31, 2000, the Texas
 1-6     Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer to Walker County the
 1-7     real property described by Subsection (e) of this section.
 1-8           (b)  Walker County may use the property transferred under
 1-9     this Act only for a purpose that benefits the public interest of
1-10     the state.  If Walker County no longer uses the property for a
1-11     purpose that benefits the public interest of the state, Walker
1-12     County shall sell the property for fair market value under the
1-13     procedures provided by Section 272.001, Local Government Code, and
1-14     forward the proceeds of the sale to the Texas Department of
1-15     Criminal Justice.  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall
1-16     deposit proceeds received from the sale of the property as provided
1-17     by this subsection in the Texas capital trust fund.
1-18           (c)  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer
1-19     the property by an appropriate instrument of transfer.  The
1-20     instrument of transfer must include a provision that:
1-21                 (1)  requires Walker County to use the property only
1-22     for a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state; and
1-23                 (2)  requires Walker County to sell the property and
1-24     forward the proceeds of the sale to the Texas Department of
 2-1     Criminal Justice as provided by Subsection (b) of this section if
 2-2     Walker County no longer uses the property for a purpose that
 2-3     benefits the public interest of the state.
 2-4           (d)  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall retain
 2-5     custody of the instrument of transfer after the instrument of
 2-6     transfer is filed in the real property records of Walker County.
 2-7           (e)  The real property referred to in this section is
 2-8     described as follows:
 2-9     The west 120 feet of Lot No. 25, Block 8, and south 18 feet of the
2-10     west 120 feet of Lot No. 26, Block No. 8, City of Huntsville,
2-11     County of Walker, State of Texas, more particularly described as
2-12     follows:
2-13     BEGINNING AT THE northeast corner of the intersection of 11th
2-14     Street (formerly Cedar Street) and Avenue K (formerly Main Street);
2-15     THENCE in an eastwardly direction along the north line of 11th
2-16     Street and south line of Lot No. 25, a distance of 120 feet more or
2-17     less to a point;
2-18     THENCE in a northern direction and parallel to the east line of
2-19     Avenue K, a distance of 100 feet more or less to the south line of
2-20     Lot 26, Block 8;
2-21     THENCE continue north parallel to the east line of Avenue K, a
2-22     distance of 18 feet more or less to a point;
2-23     THENCE in a westerly direction and parallel to the north line of
2-24     11th Street, a distance of 120 feet more or less to a point on the
2-25     east line of Avenue K;
2-26     THENCE in a southern direction along the east line of Avenue K and
 3-1     west line of Lot 26, Block 8, a distance of 18 feet more or less to
 3-2     a point or corner between Lot 25 and Lot 26, Block 8;
 3-3     THENCE continue in a southerly direction along the east line of
 3-4     Avenue K and west line of Lot 25, Block 8, a distance of 100 feet
 3-5     more or less to the POINT OF BEGINNING; containing in aggregate
 3-6     14,400 square feet more or less and further identified as 1036 11th
 3-7     Street, Huntsville, Texas.
 3-8     The above described property was conveyed to the United States of
 3-9     America by deeds recorded in Deed Book 33, page 535, July 24, 1911;
3-10     Deed Book 33, page 536, July 24, 1911; Book 33, page 537, July 24,
3-11     1911; and Deed Book 33, page 538, July 25, 1911; and Deed Book 33,
3-12     page 539, July 25, 1911; and Deed of Correction-Book 34, pages 83
3-13     and 84, of the Records of the County of Walker, State of Texas.
3-14           SECTION 2.  (a)  Not later than January 31, 2000, the Texas
3-15     Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer to Mitchell County
3-16     the real property described by Subsection (e) of this section.
3-17           (b)  Mitchell County may use the property transferred under
3-18     this Act only for a purpose that benefits the public interest of
3-19     the state.  If Mitchell County no longer uses the property for a
3-20     purpose that benefits the public interest of the state, Mitchell
3-21     County shall sell the property for fair market value under the
3-22     procedures provided by Section 272.001, Local Government Code, and
3-23     forward the proceeds of the sale to the Texas Department of
3-24     Criminal Justice.  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall
3-25     deposit proceeds received from the sale of the property as provided
3-26     by this subsection in the Texas capital trust fund.
 4-1           (c)  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer
 4-2     the property by an appropriate instrument of transfer.  The
 4-3     instrument of transfer must include a provision that:
 4-4                 (1)  requires Mitchell County to use the property only
 4-5     for a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state; and
 4-6                 (2)  requires Mitchell County to sell the property and
 4-7     forward the proceeds of the sale to the Texas Department of
 4-8     Criminal Justice as provided by Subsection (b) of this section if
 4-9     Mitchell County no longer uses the property for a purpose that
4-10     benefits the public interest of the state.
4-11           (d)  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall retain
4-12     custody of the instrument of transfer after the instrument of
4-13     transfer is filed in the real property records of Mitchell County.
4-14           (e)  The real property referred to in this section is a tract
4-15     or parcel not to exceed 63.68 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF SECTION 32,
4-16     BLOCK 26, T & P RWY.  SURVEYS, COLORADO CITY, MITCHELL COUNTY,
4-17     TEXAS.  DESCRIBED FURTHER BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:
4-18     BEGINNING:  AT AN  IRON PIN IN THE EAST R/W OF ROGERS ROAD  THAT IS
4-19                 N 77 00' 00" E--46.7' FROM THE S.W. CORNER OF BLOCK  1
4-20                 OF THE J.L. HART ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF COLORADO  CITY
4-21                 AND S 12 55' 35" E--28.8' FROM A CONCRETE R/W MONUMENT
4-22                 IN THE EAST R/W OF INTERSTATE 20
4-23        THENCE:  N 12 55' 35" W--162.4' ALONG  THE  EAST R/W OF  ROGERS
4-24                 ROAD TO A POINT IN THE EAST R/W OF INTERSTATE 20
4-25        THENCE:  N 08 51' 11" W--607.9' ALONG SAID EAST R/W TO A  POINT
4-26                 IN THE SOUTH R/W OF INTERSTATE 20
 5-1        THENCE:  N 42 32' 16" E--383.4' ALONG SAID SOUTH R/W
 5-2        THENCE:  ALONG SAID SOUTH R/W ON A CURVE TO THE RIGHT SUCH  THAT
 5-3                       Delta = 19 28' 42"      Radius =  3672.4'
 5-4                       Arc   = 1248.5'          Tangent = 630.3'
 5-5                       AND THE CHORD BEARS N 66 30' 22" E--1242.5'
 5-6        THENCE:  N 76 17' 35" E--909.9' ALONG SAID SOUTH R/W TO A FOUND
 5-7                 IRON PIN
 5-8        THENCE:  S 12 59' 26" E--1177.1' TO  AN IRON  PIN IN THE  NORTH
 5-9                 R/W OF MORALES STREET
5-10        THENCE:  S 73 13' 25" W--379.1' ALONG SAID NORTH R/W
5-11        THENCE:  S 75 05' 41" W--692.4' ALONG SAID NORTH R/W
5-12        THENCE:  S 77 04' 42" W--1421.3' ALONG SAID  NORTH  R/W  TO THE
5-13                 PLACE OF  BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 63.68  ACRES OF LAND
5-14                 MORE OR LESS.
5-15                               SAVE AND EXCEPT
5-16     ALL OF BLOCK 9, THE EAST 1/2 OF BLOCK 11, LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4 AND 5, IN
5-17     BLOCK 8, LOTS 23 AND 24 IN BLOCK 7, LOTS 1, 2, 4, 13, 14, 20, 22,
5-18     23 AND 24 IN BLOCK 10, ALL IN THE AUSTIN HEIGHTS ADDITION #2 (A
5-19     SUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 4, 5, 6 AND 7 OF THE J.L. HART ADDITION TO
5-20     COLORADO CITY), AND ALL OF THE STREETS AND ALLEYS IN SAID AUSTIN
5-21     HEIGHTS ADDITION #2.
5-22           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
5-23     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
5-24     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
5-25     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
5-26     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
 6-1     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
 6-2     passage, and it is so enacted.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 463 passed the Senate on
         March 11, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
         the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 1999, by the
         following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 463 passed the House, with
         amendment, on May 26, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 144,
         Nays 0, two present not voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
         _______________________________
                     Date
         _______________________________
                   Governor