77R8401 PAM-D
By Cook H.J.R. No. 52
Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 52:
By Howard C.S.H.J.R. No. 52
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment clearing land titles by
1-2 relinquishing and releasing any claim of sovereign ownership or
1-3 title to an interest in certain lands in Bastrop County.
1-4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 2A, Article VII, Texas Constitution, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 2A. (a) The State of Texas hereby relinquishes and
1-8 releases any claim of sovereign ownership or title to an undivided
1-9 one-third interest in and to the lands and minerals within the
1-10 Shelby, Frazier, and McCormick League (now located in Fort Bend and
1-11 Austin counties) arising out of the interest in that league
1-12 originally granted under the Mexican Colonization Law of 1823 to
1-13 John McCormick on or about July 24, 1824, and subsequently voided
1-14 by the governing body of Austin's Original Colony on or about
1-15 December 15, 1830.
1-16 (b) The State of Texas relinquishes and releases any claim
1-17 of sovereign ownership or title to an interest in and to the lands,
1-18 excluding the minerals, in Tracts 2-5, 13, 15-17, 19-20, 23-26,
1-19 29-32, and 34-37, in the A. P. Nance Survey, Bastrop County, as
1-20 said tracts are:
1-21 (1) shown on Bastrop County Rolled Sketch No. 4,
1-22 recorded in the General Land Office on December 15, 1999; and
2-1 (2) further described by the field notes prepared by a
2-2 licensed state land surveyor of Travis County in September through
2-3 November 1999 and May 2000.
2-4 (c) Title [, and title] to such interest in the lands and
2-5 minerals described by Subsection (a) is confirmed to the owners of
2-6 the remaining interests in such lands and minerals. Title to the
2-7 lands, excluding the minerals, described by Subsection (b) is
2-8 confirmed to the holder of record title to each tract. Any
2-9 outstanding land award or land payment obligation owed to the state
2-10 for lands described by Subsection (b) is canceled, and any funds
2-11 previously paid related to an outstanding land award or land
2-12 payment obligation may not be refunded.
2-13 (d) The General Land Office shall issue a patent to the
2-14 holder of record title to each tract described by Subsection (b).
2-15 The patent shall be issued in the same manner as other patents
2-16 except that no filing fee or patent fee may be required.
2-17 (e) A patent issued under Subsection (d) shall include a
2-18 provision reserving all mineral interest in the land to the state.
2-19 (f) This section is self-executing.
2-20 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
2-21 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2001.
2-22 The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
2-23 the proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for
2-24 clearing of land titles by the release of a state claim of its
2-25 interest to the owners of certain land in Bastrop County."