80R8508 JPL-D

By: Hughes H.B. No. 3688

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to the City of Winnsboro.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. (a) Not later than October 31, 2007, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer to the City of Winnsboro, for consideration to which the parties mutually agree, the real property described by Subsection (d) of this section.

(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 Winnsboro 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 Winnsboro 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 if the City of Winnsboro no longer uses the property for a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state.

(c) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer 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 Winnsboro 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 if the City of Winnsboro 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:

Two parcels of land adjacent to the Winnsboro Municipal Airport, located east of the improvements to the Johnston Unit and east of Farm-to-Market Road 3530, consisting of two parcels, the first of which comprises 2.30 acres, the second of which comprises 22.80 acres, totaling 25.10 acres out of the 365 acres in the Johnston Unit.

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, 2007.