1-1     By:  McClendon (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte)        H.B. No. 2316
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
 1-3     April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Natural Resources; May 8, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 8, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the sale of certain state property from the General
 1-9     Services Commission to Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. (a)  The General Services Commission may convey,
1-12     on behalf of the state, the state's interest in the real property
1-13     described in Subsection (e) of this section to Bethel African
1-14     Methodist Episcopal Church, in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
1-15           (b)  The purchase and sale agreement relating to the
1-16     conveyance authorized by this section:
1-17                 (1)  shall require the Bethel African Methodist Church
1-18     to pay cash consideration in an amount that is equal to at least
1-19     the fair market value of the real property as determined by an
1-20     independent appraisal performed on behalf of the Bethel African
1-21     Methodist Episcopal Church.  The appraiser selected to conduct the
1-22     appraisal is subject to the approval of the General Services
1-23     Commission and the appraisal results are subject to a review
1-24     appraisal by an appraiser selected by the General Services
1-25     Commission; and
1-26                 (2)  may require other terms and conditions negotiated
1-27     by the General Services Commission and the Bethel African Methodist
1-28     Episcopal Church.
1-29           (c)  The General Services Commission may transfer the
1-30     property only by a special warranty deed.
1-31           (d)  Sections 31.158, 31.159, and 31.161 through 31.167,
1-32     Natural Resources Code, do not apply to the conveyance authorized
1-33     by this section.
1-34           (e)  The real property to which Subsection (a) of this
1-35     section refers is described as follows:  Lot 1 and the West 25 feet
1-36     of Lot 2, Block 9, New City Block 582, in the City of San Antonio,
1-37     Bexar County, Texas.
1-38           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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