By Ellis                                               H.B. No. 266
         77R2050 PAM-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas
 1-3     Department of Criminal Justice to the Board of Regents of the Texas
 1-4     State University System.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  (a)  Not later than January 31, 2002, the Texas
 1-7     Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer to the Board of
 1-8     Regents of the Texas State University System for use by Sam Houston
 1-9     State University the real property described by Subsection (e) of
1-10     this section.
1-11           (b)  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer
1-12     the property by an appropriate instrument of transfer.
1-13           (c)  The instrument of transfer must include a provision
1-14     that:
1-15                 (1)  requires Sam Houston State University to use the
1-16     property in a manner that primarily promotes a governmental
1-17     purpose; and
1-18                 (2)  indicates that ownership of the property will
1-19     automatically revert to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if
1-20     Sam Houston State University fails to use the property in that
1-21     manner.
1-22           (d)  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall retain
1-23     custody of the instrument of transfer after the instrument of
1-24     transfer is filed in the real property records of Walker County.
 2-1           (e)  The real property referred to in this section is
 2-2     described as follows:
 2-3     Being an 345.58 acre tract of land located in the John Porter
 2-4     Survey, Abstract 38, Walker County, Texas, and being a portion of a
 2-5     residue of 1664.85 acres of land conveyed in deed from Albert E.
 2-6     Cunningham and wife, Julia S. Cunningham to the State of Texas for
 2-7     the Texas Department of Corrections, dated November 10, 1959, and
 2-8     recorded in the Deed Records of Walker County in Volume 165, Page
 2-9     138; said 345.58 acre tract being more particularly described by
2-10     metes and bounds as follows:
2-11     BEGINNING at a concrete TxDOT monument found for the most westerly
2-12     cutback corner of the intersection of the northeasterly right of
2-13     way line of FM (Farm to Market) 980, based on a width of 80.00
2-14     feet, recorded in Volume 129, Page 236, of the Deed Records of
2-15     Walker County, and the northwesterly right of way line of SH (State
2-16     Highway) 19, based on a width of 230.00 feet, and having grid
2-17     coordinates of X= 3842823.28, Y= 10308432.06; all bearings and
2-18     coordinates are based on the Texas State Plane Coordinate System,
2-19     Central Zone, NAD 83, Adj. 1993.  To convert to surface
2-20     coordinates, divide by a combined scale factor of 0.99988; NGS
2-21     Station BL 2006 bears South 3417'48" East, a grid distance of
2-22     5280.90 feet.
2-23     THENCE, North 4815'45" West, along the northeasterly right of way
2-24     line of FM 980, a distance of 1086.25 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod
2-25     set for an angle point;
2-26     THENCE, North 4954'44" West, continuing along the northeasterly
2-27     right of way line of FM 980, a distance of 1312.47 feet to a
 3-1     5/8-inch iron rod set for a point of curvature;
 3-2     THENCE, in a northwesterly direction, continuing along the
 3-3     northeasterly right of way line of FM 980, with a curve to the
 3-4     left, having a central angle of 0255'23", a radius of 5769.58 feet,
 3-5     an arc length of 294.34 feet, and a chord bearing of North 5122'25"
 3-6     West, a distance of 294.31 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod set for the
 3-7     point of tangency;
 3-8     THENCE, North 5250'07" West, continuing along the northeasterly
 3-9     right of way line of FM 980, a distance of 630.14 feet to a
3-10     5/8-inch iron rod set for a point of curvature;
3-11     THENCE, in a northwesterly direction, continuing along the
3-12     northeasterly right of way line of FM 980, with a curve to the
3-13     left, having a central angle of 0637'26", a radius of 994.93 feet,
3-14     an arc length of 115.02 feet, and a chord bearing of North 5608'50"
3-15     West, a distance of 114.96 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod set in the
3-16     southeast line of that certain tract of land as conveyed in deed to
3-17     Horace M. Reeves and Mary Frances Reeves, dated December 16, 1993,
3-18     and recorded in Volume 211, Page 629 of the Official Public Records
3-19     of Walker County;
3-20     THENCE, North 1438'33" West, along the easterly line of said Reeves
3-21     tract, a distance of 186.96 feet to a fence corner for the
3-22     northeast corner of said Reeves tract;
3-23     THENCE, North 6458'09" West, along the northerly line of said
3-24     Reeves tract and a fence line, a distance of 236.19 feet to a
3-25     3-inch iron pipe found in the southerly line of a residue of 100
3-26     acres of land conveyed in deed to Sam W. Robbins, dated August 30,
3-27     1947, and recorded in Volume 120, Page 310, of the Deed Records of
 4-1     Walker County;
 4-2     THENCE, North 42 10'24" East, along the southerly line of said
 4-3     Robbins tract and a fence line, a distance of 2439.03 feet to a
 4-4     2-inch iron pipe found for the southeast corner of a residue of 100
 4-5     acres of land conveyed in deed to Phillip M. Campbell, et al, dated
 4-6     May 9, 1985, and recorded in Volume 445, Page 408 of the Official
 4-7     Public Records of Walker County;
 4-8     THENCE, North 47 35'56" West, along the easterly line of said
 4-9     Phillip M. Campbell, et al tract and a fence line, a distance of
4-10     3064.51 feet the Livingston Reservoir Pool Line, as described in
4-11     deed to the Trinity River Authority, dated August 26, 1969, and
4-12     recorded in Volume 223, Page 758 of the Deed Records of Walker
4-13     County:
4-14     THENCE, along the Livingston Reservoir Pool Line the following:
4-15           North 6930'00" East, 262.64 feet;
4-16           North 7856'00" East, 182.39 feet;
4-17           South 7051'00" East, 228.65 feet;
4-18           South 7007'00" East, 399.84 feet;
4-19           South 7751'00" East, 384.63 feet;
4-20           North 8406'00" East, 349.86 feet;
4-21           South 8101'00" East, 390.79 feet;
4-22           South 2242'00" East, 59.62 feet;
4-23           North 2227'00" East, 99.54 feet;
4-24           North 7549'00" East, 89.74 feet;
4-25           South 8631'00" East, 230.43 feet;
4-26           South 5329'00" West, 230.20 feet;
4-27           North 6712'00" East, 170.31 feet;
 5-1           South 8414'00" East, 99.50 feet;
 5-2           North 5043'00" East, 270.04 feet;
 5-3           South 7913'00" East, 149.64 feet;
 5-4           North 5958'00" East, 169.81 feet;
 5-5           South 5159'00" East, 69.81 feet;
 5-6           South 0200'00" East, 200.12 feet;
 5-7           South 5910'00" East, 150.23 feet;
 5-8           South 8101'00" East, 159.97 feet;
 5-9           South 6631'00" East, 449.20 feet;
5-10           South 4804'00" West, 79.31 feet;
5-11           South 3420'00" East, 49.65 feet;
5-12           North 2751'00" East, 59.94 feet;
5-13           North 8743'00" East, 50.04 feet;
5-14           South 4752'00" West, 169.92 feet;
5-15           South 6202'00" East, 219.65 feet;
5-16           North 5421'00" East, 169.84 feet;
5-17           South 6330'00" East, 430.22 feet;
5-18           North 5050'00" East, 69.66 feet;
5-19           South 4833'00" East, 160.11 feet;
5-20           South 5547'00" West, 60.46 feet;
5-21           South 3829'00" East, 49.82 feet;
5-22           North 6602'00" East, 49.24 feet;
5-23           South 1813'00" East, 249.51 feet;
5-24           South 3652'00" West, 150.00 feet;
5-25           South 8343'00" West, 100.60 feet;
5-26           North 4921'00" West, 130.48 feet;
5-27           South 1034'00" East, 120.03 feet;
 6-1           South 1018'00" West, 100.62 feet;
 6-2           South 1654'00" East, 199.61 feet;
 6-3           South 0929'00" East, 400.48 feet;
 6-4           South 2431'00" West, 200.03 feet;
 6-5           South 3704'00" West, 399.80 feet;
 6-6           South 1128'00" East, 70.41 feet;
 6-7           South 1953'00" West, 349.86 feet;
 6-8           South 5034'00" East, 80.28 feet;
 6-9           South 0204'00" West, 250.16 feet;
6-10           South 0506'00" West, 179.71 feet;
6-11           South 3652'00" West, 100.00 feet;
6-12           South 6603'00" West, 500.06 feet;
6-13           North 5358'00" West, 40.80 feet;
6-14           South 7232'00" West, 129.99 feet;
6-15           North 6224'00" West, 49.65 feet;
6-16           South 2837'00" West, 50.12 feet;
6-17           South 8634'00" West, 50.09 feet;
6-18           South 3124'00" West, 90.21 feet;
6-19           South 6923'00" West, 99.37 feet;
6-20           North 5308'00" West, 150.00 feet;
6-21           South 1537'00" West, 70.60 feet;
6-22           South 8412'00" West, 59.30 feet;
6-23           South 1047'00" West, 149.64 feet;
6-24           South 8502'00" West, 219.82 feet;
6-25           South 6812'00" East, 199.25 feet;
6-26           South 7439'00" West, 200.14 feet;
6-27           South 4808'00" East, 220.24 feet;
 7-1           North 4516'00" East, 299.82 feet;
 7-2           North 8317'00" East, 85.59 feet;
 7-3           South 6107'00" East, 99.36 feet;
 7-4           South 2804'00" East, 240.24 feet;
 7-5           South 8309'00" East, 50.36 feet;
 7-6           South 2448'00" East, 159.73 feet;
 7-7           North 0731'00" East, 290.50 feet;
 7-8           North 6355'00" East, 159.21 feet;
 7-9           North 8743'00" East, 400.32 feet;
7-10           South 2953'00" East, 100.34 feet;
7-11           South 2608'00" West, 120.30 feet;
7-12           South 4829'00" West, 349.95 feet;
7-13           North 6733'00" West, 49.77 feet;
7-14           South 2244'00" East, 80.23 feet;
7-15           South 1850'00" West, 179.62 feet;
7-16           South 5104'00" East, 100.26 feet;
7-17           North 4530'00" East, 79.91 feet;
7-18           North 7018'00" East, 258.10 feet, to the northerly line of a
7-19     13.462 acre tract of land as described in deed conveyed to the
7-20     Trinity River Authority, dated May 20, 1972, and recorded in the
7-21     Deed Records of Walker County in Volume 247, Page 383;
7-22     THENCE, South 4348'39" West, along the northerly line of said
7-23     13.462 acre tract and a fence line, a distance of 1160.92 feet to a
7-24     fence corner found for the northwest corner of said 13.462 acre
7-25     tract;
7-26     THENCE, South 6455'27" East, along the westerly line of said 13.462
7-27     acre tract and a fence line, a distance of 611.66 feet to a
 8-1     5/8-inch iron rod set in the northwesterly right of way line of SH
 8-2     19;
 8-3     THENCE, South 3006'27" West, along the northwesterly right of way
 8-4     line of SH 19, a distance of 575.88 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod set
 8-5     for the most easterly cutback corner of the intersection with FM
 8-6     980;
 8-7     THENCE, South 6826'42" West, along said cutback corner, a distance
 8-8     of 162.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 345.58
 8-9     acres of land.
8-10           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
8-11     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
8-12     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
8-13     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
8-14     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.