78R6509 PAM-D
By: Whitmire S.B. No. 982
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of Public Safety
of the State of Texas to the City of Houston.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) Before November 1, 2003, the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of Public Safety
of the State of Texas shall transfer to the City of Houston, for
consideration to which the parties mutually agree, their respective
interests in the real property described by Subsection (d) of this
section, including any improvements affixed to the property.
(b) Consideration for the transfer authorized by Subsection
(a) of this section may be in the form of an agreement between the
parties that requires the City of Houston to use the property for a
purpose that benefits the public interest of the state. If the
consideration for the transfer is in the form of an agreement
described by this subsection:
(1) the City of Houston may use the property
transferred under this Act only for a purpose that benefits the
public interest of the state; and
(2) ownership of the property automatically reverts to
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of
Public Safety of the State of Texas if the City of Houston no longer
uses the property for a purpose that benefits the public interest of
the state.
(c) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas shall transfer
their respective interest in the property by an appropriate
instrument of transfer. If the consideration for the transfer is in
the form of an agreement described by Subsection (b) of this
section, the instrument of transfer must include a provision that:
(1) requires the City of Houston to use the property
for a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state; and
(2) indicates that ownership of the property
automatically reverts to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
and the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas to the
extent of each agency's former interest in the property if the City
of Houston no longer uses the property for a purpose that benefits
the public interest of the state.
(d) The real property to which Subsection (a) of this
section refers is described as follows:
10110 Northwest Freeway (U.S. Highway 290), Houston, Texas.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.