AN ACT
1-1 relating to the requirements for the conveyance of an interest in
1-2 real property from a political subdivision to an institution of
1-3 higher education.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 272.001, Local Government Code, is
1-6 amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (j) to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (a) Except for the types of land and interests covered by
1-9 Subsection (b), (g), (h), [or] (i), or (j), and except as provided
1-10 by Section 253.008, before land owned by a political subdivision of
1-11 the state may be sold or exchanged for other land, notice to the
1-12 general public of the offer of the land for sale or exchange must
1-13 be published in a newspaper of general circulation in either the
1-14 county in which the land is located or, if there is no such
1-15 newspaper, in an adjoining county. The notice must include a
1-16 description of the land, including its location, and the procedure
1-17 by which sealed bids to purchase the land or offers to exchange the
1-18 land may be submitted. The notice must be published on two
1-19 separate dates and the sale or exchange may not be made until after
1-20 the 14th day after the date of the second publication.
1-21 (j) A political subdivision may donate, exchange, convey,
1-22 sell, or lease land or an interest in real property to an
1-23 institution of higher education, as that term is defined by Section
1-24 61.003, Education Code, to promote a public purpose related to
2-1 higher education. The political subdivision shall determine the
2-2 terms and conditions of the transaction so as to effectuate and
2-3 maintain the public purpose. A political subdivision may donate,
2-4 exchange, convey, sell, or lease the land or interest for less than
2-5 its fair market value and without complying with the notice and
2-6 bidding requirements of Subsection (a).
2-7 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
2-8 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-12 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-13 passage, and it is so enacted.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1290 passed the Senate on
April 19, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1290 passed the House on
May 22, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two present
not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor