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.