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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing the transfer of certain real property held |
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by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR TRANSFER. (a) Not later than |
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January 1, 2010, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall |
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transfer to Brazoria County the real property specified in Section |
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2 of this Act. |
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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 Brazoria County to use the property in a |
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manner that primarily promotes a public purpose that benefits the |
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public interest of the state. |
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(c) If Brazoria County fails to use the property in the |
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manner described by an agreement under Subsection (b) of this |
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section for more than 180 continuous days, ownership of the |
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property automatically reverts to the Texas Department of Criminal |
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Justice. |
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(d) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer |
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the property to Brazoria County by an appropriate instrument of |
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transfer. The instrument of transfer must include a provision |
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that: |
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(1) requires Brazoria County to use the property in a |
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manner that primarily promotes a public purpose that benefits the |
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public interest of the state; and |
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(2) indicates that ownership of the property |
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automatically reverts to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
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if Brazoria County no longer uses the property in a manner that |
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primarily promotes a public purpose that benefits the public |
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interest of the state. |
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SECTION 2. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION. The Texas Department of |
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Criminal Justice property to be transferred as provided by Section |
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1 of this Act consists of approximately 332 acres, more or less, |
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being part of that 7,424.4 tract or parcel of land conveyed to the |
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Prison Commission of the State of Texas as recorded in Book 145, |
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Page 242 of the Deed Records Brazoria County, Texas, said 332 acres, |
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more or less, being out of the Jared E. Groce grant in Brazoria |
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County, Texas, near Angleton, Texas, bounded by the Brazoria County |
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Airport property to the West and State Highway 288 to the East, the |
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northern boundary being the northern boundary of the said 7,424.4 |
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tract or parcel of land, the southern boundary being the northern |
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boundary of a tract or parcel of land conveyed to RH Retrieve, Ltd. |
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as recorded as Document # 2007018866 in the Official Public Records |
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of Brazoria County, Texas. |
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SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September |
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1, 2009. |