By Gray H.B. No. 2993
77R8627 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 Galveston County.
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 Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer to Galveston County,
1-7 for consideration to which the parties mutually agree, the real
1-8 property described by Subsection (d) of this section.
1-9 (b) Consideration for the transfer authorized by Subsection
1-10 (a) of this section may be in the form of an agreement between the
1-11 parties that requires Galveston County to use the property in a
1-12 manner that primarily promotes a public purpose of the state. If
1-13 the consideration for the transfer is in the form of an agreement
1-14 described by this subsection:
1-15 (1) Galveston County must use the property transferred
1-16 under this Act in a manner that primarily promotes a public
1-17 interest of the state; and
1-18 (2) ownership of the property automatically reverts to
1-19 the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if Galveston County fails
1-20 to use the property in that manner.
1-21 (c) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer
1-22 the property by an appropriate instrument of transfer. If the
1-23 consideration for the transfer is in the form of an agreement
1-24 described by Subsection (b) of this section, the instrument of
2-1 transfer must include a provision that:
2-2 (1) requires Galveston County to use the property in a
2-3 manner that primarily promotes a public purpose of the state; and
2-4 (2) indicates that ownership of the property
2-5 automatically reverts to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
2-6 if Galveston County fails to use the property in that manner.
2-7 (d) The real property to which Subsection (a) of this
2-8 section refers is described as follows:
2-9 All that certain 36.812 acres of land, more or less, being located
2-10 and situated in the JOHN SELLERS LEAGUE, ABSTRACT 180, Galveston
2-11 County, Texas, more particularly being a part of Lots 2, 3, 4, 5
2-12 and 7 and all of Lots 6, 8, 9 and 10, Block 11, together with an
2-13 intervening 40 foot Roadway Easement, all being out of TEXAS CITY
2-14 GARDENS, a Subdivision in Galveston County, Texas, according to the
2-15 map thereof recorded in Volume 254, Page 11, Galveston County Map
2-16 Records, said 36.812 acres being more particularly described by
2-17 metes and bounds as follows:
2-18 BEGINNING at a 1-3/4 inch iron pipe found for corner and being the
2-19 Northeast corner of aforesaid Lot 2, Block 11, said point being in
2-20 the South line of Industrial Road having a 60 foot right-of-way,
2-21 and further being on the common line of the JOHN SELLERS LEAGUE
2-22 with the JOHN W. LYTTLE LEAGUE;
2-23 THENCE SOUTH, along and with the East line of said Block 11, the
2-24 same being the common line of said SELLERS and LYTTLE LEAGUES, a
2-25 distance of 1926.50 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod found for corner
2-26 and being at the Southeast corner of aforesaid Lot 10, Block 11;
2-27 THENCE N 89 51'00" W, along and with the South line of said Lot 10,
3-1 at 545.29 feet pass the East line of a 40 foot Roadway Easement
3-2 (not open), the same being the Southwest corner of said Lot 10; at
3-3 565.29 feet pass a 5/8 inch iron rod found on line and being at the
3-4 centerline of said 40 foot Roadway Easement; at 585.29 feet pass
3-5 the Southeast corner of Lot 9, Block 11; and continuing for a total
3-6 distance of 1130.58 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod found for corner
3-7 and being the Southwest corner of aforesaid Lot 9, the same being
3-8 the Southeast corner of Lot 10, Block 10, TEXAS CITY GARDENS;
3-9 THENCE NORTH, along and with the West line of Block 11, the same
3-10 being the East line of Block 10; at 430.86 feet pass the
3-11 Southeasterly line of a 200 foot Canal Easement to Gulf Coast Water
3-12 Authority as described in Film Code 009-19-1017, Galveston County
3-13 Deed Records; and continuing for a total distance of 745.02 feet to
3-14 a 5/8 inch iron rod found for corner, said point being at the
3-15 Northwesterly line of said 200 Canal Easement, said point being
3-16 SOUTH, a distance of 25.58 feet from the Northwest corner of Lot 7,
3-17 Block 11;
3-18 THENCE N 39 32'24" E, along and with the Northwesterly line of said
3-19 Canal Easement and across Lots 7, 5, 3, 4 and 2, a distance of
3-20 1532.56 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod found for corner and being in
3-21 the North line of said Lot 2, the same being the South line of
3-22 aforesaid Industrial Road;
3-23 THENCE S 89 51'00" E, along and with the South line of said
3-24 Industrial Road, a distance of 154.92 feet to the POINT OF
3-25 BEGINNING and containing 36.812 acres of land, more or less.
3-26 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
3-27 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
4-1 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
4-2 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
4-3 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.