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Amend CSHB 300 (house committee report) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION to Article 1 of the bill
and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that article as appropriate:
SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 202, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 202.0215 to read as follows:
Sec. 202.0215. OFFER OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TO NONPROFIT
CORPORATION. (a) In this section, "nonprofit corporation" means a
corporation governed as a nonprofit corporation under the Texas
Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes) or under Chapter 22, Business Organizations
Code.
(b) The department as part of the acquisition of real
property for right-of-way purposes may take title to unusable
remainder real property not to be used for right-of-way purposes.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 202.021, the department shall
offer the real property described by Subsection (b) to a nonprofit
corporation designated by the municipality in which the real
property is located or, if the real property is not located in a
municipality, by the county in which the real property is located,
without cost or expense to the designated nonprofit corporation.
(d) Property acquired under this section by a nonprofit
corporation or by another entity from a nonprofit corporation that
acquired the property under this section must be used for the public
purpose of development and diversification of the state economy.