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