79R11565 PAM-D


By:  Hughes                                                     H.J.R. No. 82 

Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 82:                                   

By:  Pickett                                                C.S.H.J.R. No. 82 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment clearing land titles by 
relinquishing and releasing any state claim to sovereign ownership 
or title to interest in certain land.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by 
adding Section 2C to read as follows:
	Sec. 2C.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this 
section, the State of Texas relinquishes and releases any claim of 
sovereign ownership or title to an interest in and to the tracts of 
land, including mineral rights, described as follows:

Tract 1:                                                               
	The first tract of land is situated in Upshur County, Texas, 
about 14 miles South 30 degrees east from Gilmer, the county seat, 
and is bounded as follows: Bound on the North by the J. Manning 
Survey, A-314 the S.W. Beasley Survey A-66 and the David Meredith 
Survey A-315 and bound on the East by the M. Mann Survey, A-302 and 
by the M. Chandler Survey, A-84 and bound on the South by the G. W. 
Hooper Survey, A-657 and by the D. Ferguson Survey, A-158 and bound 
on the West by the J. R. Wadkins Survey, A-562 and the H. Alsup 
Survey, A-20, and by the W. Bratton Survey, A-57 and the G. H. 
Burroughs Survey, A-30 and the M. Tidwell Survey, A-498 of Upshur 
County, Texas.

Tract 2:                                                               
	The second tract of land is situated in Smith County, Texas, 
north of Tyler and is bounded as follows:  on the north and west by 
the S. Leeper A-559, the Frost Thorn Four League Grant A-3, A-9, 
A-7, A-19, and the H. Jacobs A-504 and on the south and east by the 
following surveys:  John Carver A-247, A. Loverly A-609, J. Gimble 
A-408, R. Conner A-239, N.J. Blythe A-88, N.J. Blythe A-89, J. 
Choate A-195, Daniel Minor A-644, William Keys A-527, James H. 
Thomas A-971, Seaborn Smith A-899, and Samuel Leeper A-559.
	(b)  This section does not apply to:                                    
		(1)  any public right-of-way, including a public road 
right-of-way, or related interest owned by a governmental entity;
		(2)  any navigable waterway or related interest owned 
by a governmental entity; or
		(3)  any land owned by a governmental entity and 
reserved for public use, including a park, recreation area, 
wildlife area, scientific area, or historic site.
	(c)  This section is self-executing.                                    
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2005. 
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the 
clearing of land titles by relinquishing and releasing any state 
claim to sovereign ownership or title to interest in certain land in 
Upshur County and in Smith County."