79R11188 JRJ-D


By:  Chavez                                                       H.B. No. 3333

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3333:                                   

By:  Alonzo                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 3333



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the sale or transfer of interest of real property to 
certain federally recognized Indian tribes.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 202.021(b) and (c), Transportation 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), real property 
shall be transferred or sold with the following priorities:
		(1)  to a governmental entity with the authority to 
condemn the property; [or]
		(2)  to a federally recognized Indian tribe whose 
reservation is located on the Texas-Mexico border; or
		(3)  to the general public.                                            
	(c)  A highway right-of-way shall be transferred or sold with 
the following priorities:
		(1)  to a governmental entity with the authority to 
condemn the property;   
		(2)  to abutting or adjoining landowners; [or]               
		(3)  to a federally recognized Indian tribe whose 
reservation is located on the Texas-Mexico border; or
		(4)  to the general public.                                            
	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, 2005.