By Junell H.B. No. 2859
77R8083 AJA-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to authorizing the Texas Board of Criminal Justice to
1-3 grant a conservation easement covering certain state property.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. (a) Not later than January 31, 2002, the Texas
1-6 Board of Criminal Justice shall grant to the Natural Area
1-7 Preservation Association, Inc., a conservation easement covering
1-8 the real property described by Subsection (e) of this section. If
1-9 the Natural Area Preservation Association, Inc., is unable or
1-10 refuses to accept the grant of the easement, the board may grant
1-11 the easement to another suitable person.
1-12 (b) Consideration for the grant of an easement under
1-13 Subsection (a) of this section may be in the form of an agreement
1-14 between the parties that requires the easement holder to use the
1-15 easement in a manner that primarily promotes a public purpose of
1-16 the state. If the consideration for the transfer is in the form of
1-17 an agreement described by this subsection:
1-18 (1) the easement holder must use the easement in a
1-19 manner that primarily promotes a public interest of the state; and
1-20 (2) if the easement holder fails to use the easement
1-21 in that manner, the easement is automatically terminated, and the
1-22 Texas Board of Criminal Justice may grant the easement to another
1-23 person under this Act.
1-24 (c) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall grant the
2-1 easement by an appropriate instrument of transfer. If the
2-2 consideration for the easement is in the form of an agreement
2-3 described by Subsection (b) of this section, the instrument of
2-4 transfer must include a provision that:
2-5 (1) requires the easement holder to use the easement
2-6 in a manner that primarily promotes a public purpose of the state;
2-7 and
2-8 (2) indicates that the easement automatically
2-9 terminates if the easement holder fails to use the easement in that
2-10 manner.
2-11 (d) The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, the
2-12 Parks and Wildlife Department, and the General Land Office shall
2-13 enforce an easement granted under this Act.
2-14 (e) The real property to which Subsection (a) of this
2-15 section refers is described as follows:
2-16 77.723 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF SECTION 31, BLOCK 26, T&P RY. CO.
2-17 SURVEYS, MITCHELL COUNTY, TEXAS AND SECTION 42, BLOCK 26, T&P RY.
2-18 CO. SURVEYS, MITCHELL COUNTY, TEXAS. DESCRIBED FURTHER BY METES
2-19 AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:
2-20 BEGINNING: AT A FOUND 1/2" IRON PIN IN THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY OF
2-21 INTERSTATE 20 FOR THE N.W. CORNER OF A TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED AS
2-22 TRACT 2 IN A DEED TO THE STATE OF TEXAS RECORDED IN MITCHELL COUNTY
2-23 PUBLIC RECORDS VOLUME 530 PAGE 326
2-24 THENCE: N 59 17'25"E-171.92' ALONG SAID SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY TO A
2-25 SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED MORRIS 2426
2-26 THENCE: S 03 58'41"E-66.74' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED
2-27 MORRIS 2426
3-1 THENCE: S 18 25'29"E-217.73' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
3-2 MARKED MORRIS 2426
3-3 THENCE: S 01 56'53"W-56.92' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED
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3-5 THENCE: S 59 51'22"W-118.22' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
3-6 MARKED MORRIS 2426
3-7 THENCE: S 40 09'52"W-43.43' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED
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3-9 THENCE: S 21 44'43"E-204.92' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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3-11 THENCE: S 19 59'48"E-432.21' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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3-13 THENCE: S 20 57'42"E-176.72' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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3-15 THENCE: S 14 15'57"E-212.62' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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3-17 THENCE: S 23 07'38"E-62.25' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED
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3-19 THENCE: S 30 35'45"E-260.93' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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3-21 THENCE: S 33 24'03"E-154.27' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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3-23 THENCE: S 66 40'53"E-150.44' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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3-25 THENCE: S 01 58'29"W-40.31' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED
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3-27 THENCE: S 42 58'08"E-533.59' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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4-2 THENCE: S 57 41'47"E-149.42' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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4-4 THENCE: N 67 21'50"E-25.34' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED
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4-6 THENCE: S 04 33'01"E-34.12' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED
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4-8 THENCE: S 82 24'00"E-511.40' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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4-10 THENCE: N 00 11'26"E-69.14' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED
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4-12 THENCE: N 34 25'32"E-99.28' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED
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4-14 THENCE: S 03 37'45"E-112.40' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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4-16 THENCE: S 75 28'00"E-171.60' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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4-18 THENCE: S 03 37'45"E-112.40' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
4-19 MARKED MORRIS 2426
4-20 THENCE: S 79 19'46"E-204.16' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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4-22 THENCE: N 86 11'46"E-106.48' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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4-24 THENCE: S 26 40'20"E-72.72' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED
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4-26 THENCE: S 75 58'26"E-396.53' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
4-27 MARKED MORRIS 2426
5-1 THENCE: N 68 07'59"E-47.08' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED
5-2 MORRIS 2426
5-3 THENCE: S 75 58'19"E-468.60' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
5-4 MARKED MORRIS 2426
5-5 THENCE: N 53 29'28"E-143.48' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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5-7 THENCE: S 66 22'44"E-60.59' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED
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5-9 THENCE: N 19 15'41"W-177.97' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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5-11 THENCE: N 28 01'43"W-120.31' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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5-13 THENCE: N 49 56'04"E-62.45' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED
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5-15 THENCE: N 81 32'28"E-51.35' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED
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5-17 THENCE: S 37 05'57"E-129.23' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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5-19 THENCE: S 17 23'47"E-221.97' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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5-21 THENCE: N 76 08'23"E-335.31' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
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5-23 THENCE: N 55 22'59"E-424.88' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
5-24 MARKED MORRIS 2426
5-25 THENCE: N 13 15'01"W-27.37' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED
5-26 MORRIS 2426
5-27 THENCE: N 87 20'18"E-51.47' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED
6-1 MORRIS 2426
6-2 THENCE: N 52 23'21"E-504.69' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
6-3 MARKED MORRIS 2426
6-4 THENCE: N 83 10'05"E-929.66' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
6-5 MARKED MORRIS 2426 IN THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 42
6-6 THENCE: S 11 12'11"E-213.82' ALONG SAID EAST LINE TO A POINT FOR
6-7 THE S.E. CORNER OF THE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED AS TRACT 2 IN SAID
6-8 VOLUME 530 PAGE 326
6-9 THENCE: S 88 50'17"W-496.00' ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE TRACT OF
6-10 LAND DESCRIBED AS TRACT 2 IN SAID VOLUME 530 PAGE 326
6-11 THENCE: S 62 12'17"W-2002.70' ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE
6-12 THENCE: S 77 01'31"W-122.85' ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE
6-13 THENCE: S 64 18'17"W-86.00' ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE
6-14 THENCE: S 65 34'17"W-237.84' ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE
6-15 THENCE: S 88 37'17"W-132.94' ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE
6-16 THENCE: S 64 25'04"W-209.92' TO A SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP
6-17 MARKED MORRIS 2426 IN THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY OF BUSINESS LOOP 20
6-18 FOR THE MOST SOUTHERLY CORNER OF THE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED AS
6-19 TRACT 2 IN SAID VOLUME 530 PAGE 326
6-20 THENCE: N 83 38'02"W-1871.53' ALONG SAID NORTH RIGHT OF WAY TO A
6-21 SET 1/2" IRON PIN WITH CAP MARKED MORRIS 2426
6-22 THENCE: N 72 19'12"W-101.98' ALONG SAID NORTH RIGHT OF WAY TO A
6-23 FOUND CONCRETE RIGHT OF WAY MONUMENT
6-24 THENCE: N 83 40'21"W-246.87' ALONG SAID NORTH RIGHT OF WAY TO A
6-25 FOUND 1/2" IRON PIN IN THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 42 FOR THE
6-26 S.W. CORNER OF THE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED AS TRACT 2 IN SAID
6-27 VOLUME 530 PAGE 326
7-1 THENCE: N 08 19'29"W-2700.33' ALONG SAID WEST LINE TO A FOUND 2"
7-2 IRON PIPE FOR THE N.W. CORNER OF SAID SECTION 42
7-3 THENCE: N 12 46'57"W-310.53' TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND
7-4 CONTAINING 77.723 ACRES OF LAND MORE OR LESS.
7-5 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
7-6 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
7-7 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
7-8 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
7-9 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.