By Jackson                                            S.B. No. 1144
         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.