By:  Chisum (Senate Sponsor - Duncan)                             H.B. No. 2128
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2003; 
May 7, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal 
Justice; May 21, 2003, reported favorably by the following vote:  
Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2003, sent to printer.)


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.                           



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