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AN ACT
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relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas |
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Health and Human Services Commission, on behalf of the Department |
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of State Health Services or the Department of Aging and Disability |
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Services, as appropriate, to Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental |
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Retardation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) Not later than May 31, 2008, the Texas |
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Health and Human Services Commission may transfer, on behalf of the |
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Department of State Health Services or the Department of Aging and |
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Disability Services, as appropriate, to Texas Panhandle Mental |
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Health Mental Retardation all or part of the real property, |
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including the improvements affixed to the property and excluding |
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the mineral interest in and under the property, described by |
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Subsection (f) of this section. |
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(b) Consideration for the transfer authorized by Subsection |
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(a) of this section shall be in the form of an agreement between the |
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parties that requires Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental |
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Retardation to use the property in a manner that primarily promotes |
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a public purpose of the state by using the property to provide |
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community-based mental health and mental retardation services. If |
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Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental Retardation fails to use the |
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property in that manner for more than 180 continuous |
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days, ownership of the property automatically reverts to the |
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Department of State Health Services or the Department of Aging and |
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Disability Services, as appropriate. |
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(c) The Texas Health and Human Services Commission, on |
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behalf of the Department of State Health Services or the Department |
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of Aging and Disability Services, as appropriate, shall transfer |
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the property by deed without warranties regarding covenants of |
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title. The instrument of transfer must include a provision that: |
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(1) requires Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental |
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Retardation to use the property in a manner that primarily promotes |
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a public purpose of the state by using the property to provide |
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community-based mental health and mental retardation services; and |
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(2) indicates that ownership of the property |
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automatically reverts to the Department of State Health Services or |
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the Department of Aging and Disability Services, as appropriate, if |
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Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental Retardation fails to use the |
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property in that manner for more than 180 continuous days. |
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(d) The state reserves: |
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(1) its interest in all oil, gas, and other minerals in |
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and under the real property described by Subsection (f) of this |
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section; |
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(2) its right to remove from the real property |
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described by Subsection (f) of this section any oil, gas, and other |
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minerals in and under the real property; and |
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(3) its right to grant leases held by the state before |
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a conveyance of real property described by Subsection (f) of this |
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section relating to the removal of oil, gas, and other minerals in |
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and under the real property. |
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(e) Sections 533.084 and 533.087, Health and Safety Code, |
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and Sections 31.1571 and 31.158, Natural Resources Code, do not |
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apply to a transfer of real property authorized by this Act. |
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(f) The real property to which Subsection (a) of this |
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section refers is described as follows: |
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The former site of the Amarillo State Center situated at 901 |
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Wallace Street, Amarillo, Texas, and comprised of three contiguous |
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parcels, collectively constituting =/- 12.1665 acres of land as set |
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forth below: |
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(1) A tract of land known as Tract 1 in Block 4 of the |
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plat of Amarillo Medical Center, an addition to the City of |
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Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, containing =/- 10.10 acres of land |
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and further described in a deed to the state recorded at Volume |
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1037, Page 569, of the Deed Records of Potter County. |
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(2) A tract of land being a portion of Lot 3, Block 4, |
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Amarillo Medical Center, an addition to the City of Amarillo, |
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Potter County, Texas, containing =/- 1.4441 acres of land and |
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further described in a deed to the state recorded at Volume 2370, |
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Page 55, of the Deed Records of Potter County. |
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(3) A tract of land out of Lot 3, Block 4 of Amarillo |
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Medical Center, an addition to the City of Amarillo, Potter County, |
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Texas, containing =/- 0.6224 acres of land and further described in |
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a deed to the state recorded at Volume 2370, Page 59, of the Deed |
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Records of Potter County. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3169 was passed by the House on April |
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13, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3169 was passed by the Senate on May |
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10, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |