78R8954 QS-D


By:  Chisum                                                       H.B. No. 2128


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas to Childress County. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. (a) Not later than January 31, 2004, the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas may donate and transfer to Childress County the real property described by Subsection (e) of this section. (b) Childress County may use the property transferred under this Act only for a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state. If Childress County uses the property for any purpose other than a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state, ownership of the property automatically reverts to the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. (c) The Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas may transfer the property by an appropriate instrument of transfer. The instrument of transfer must: (1) provide that: (A) Childress County may use the property only for a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state; and (B) ownership of the property will automatically revert to the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas if Childress County uses the property for any purpose other than a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state; and (2) describe the property to be transferred by metes and bounds. (d) The Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas shall retain custody of the instrument of transfer after the instrument of transfer is filed in the real property records of Childress County. (e) The real property referred to in this section is located on U.S. Highway 287 East, Childress County, Texas, and is described as follows: All of Block Number Four (4), of the East View Addition to the City of Childress, Texas, according to the recorded map and plat of said addition of record in the Plat Records of Childress County, Texas. (f) Notwithstanding the transfer of property under this Act, the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas may access, use, and maintain the radio tower and associated transmitter, generator, and equipment building located on the real property described by Subsection (e) of this section. (g) Childress County shall pay any transaction fees resulting from the transfer of property under this Act. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.