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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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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Department of Criminal Justice to Coryell County. |
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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 November 1, 2009, the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer to Coryell County the |
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real property described by Subsection (d) of this section. |
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(b) Coryell County shall use the property transferred under |
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this Act only for a purpose that benefits the public interest of the |
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state. If Coryell County no longer uses the property for a purpose |
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that benefits the public interest of the state, 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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(c) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer |
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the property by an appropriate instrument of transfer. The |
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instrument of transfer must: |
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(1) include a provision that: |
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(A) requires Coryell County to use the property |
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for a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state; and |
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(B) indicates that ownership of the property |
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automatically reverts to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
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if Coryell County no longer uses the property for a purpose that |
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benefits the public interest of the state; and |
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(2) describe the property to be transferred by metes |
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and bounds. |
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(d) The real property to which Subsection (a) of this |
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section refers is described as follows: |
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Field Notes describing a 33.37-acre tract of land in the Henry |
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Farley Survey, Abstract Number 352, Coryell County, Texas. Also |
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being a portion of a called 117.56-acre tract of land conveyed to |
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division |
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(TDCJ), recorded in Volume 579, Page 387 in the Deed Records of |
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Coryell County, Texas. |
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Beginning at a 5/8" diameter iron pipe found, being the northeast |
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corner of said TDCJ tract, the northwest corner of a called First |
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Tract (135.41-acres) and in the south line of a called Second Tract |
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(217-acres) described in a partition decree (Powell vs. Powell), |
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recorded in Volume L, Page 76 in the Civil Minutes, District Court |
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Records of Coryell County, Texas, for the northeast corner of the |
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herein described tract of land; |
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Thence S 24 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds W - 982.89 feet (BEARING |
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BASIS - Deed Call) with the east line of said TDCJ tract, the west |
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line of said Powell First Tract, and generally following a wire |
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fence to a railroad tie fence post found for an angle point in the |
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herein described tract of land; |
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Thence S 13 degrees 13 minutes 26 seconds W - 173.89 feet with the |
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east line of said TDCJ tract, the west line of said Powell First |
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Tract, and generally following a wire fence to a ½" diameter iron |
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rod set with cap (LETH #3879), from which a 6" diameter cedar fence |
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post found at the southeast corner of said TDCJ tract bears S 13 |
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degrees 13 minutes 26 seconds W - 1593.57 feet, for the southeast |
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corner in the herein described tract of land; |
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Thence N 67 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds W - 1592.81 feet through |
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said TDCJ tract to a ½" diameter iron rod set with cap (LETH #3879) |
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in the west line of said TDCJ tract and in the east line of State |
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Farm-To-Market Highway 929 (FM 929), for the southwest corner in |
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the herein described tract of land; |
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Thence N 18 degrees 24 minutes 39 seconds E - 55.04 feet with the |
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west line of said TDCJ tract and the east line of said FM 929 to a ½ |
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" diameter iron rod set with cap (LETH #3879) at the beginning of |
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a curve to the right for an angle point in the herein described |
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tract of land; |
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Thence with the west line of said TDCJ tract, the east line of said |
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FM 929 and said curve to the right, with a length of 495.28 feet, a |
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radius of 914.43 feet, and a chord of N 33 degrees 55 minutes 39 |
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seconds E, a distance of 489.25 feet to a ½" diameter iron rod set |
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with cap (LETH #3879) at the point of tangency in the east line of |
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said FM 929 for an angle point in the herein described tract of |
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land; |
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Thence N 49 degrees 26 minutes 39 seconds E - 306.77 feet with the |
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west line of said TDCJ tract and the east line of said FM 929 to a ½ |
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" diameter iron rod set with cap (LETH #3879) at the southwest |
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corner of a called Tract Two (1.99-acres) described in an Affidavit |
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of Heirship to Martha Wingate, recorded under Instrument Number |
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140336 in the Deed Records of Coryell County, Texas, for the |
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northwest corner in the herein described tract of land; |
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Thence S 81 degrees 16 minutes 39 seconds E - 1404.58 feetwith the |
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north line of said TDCJ tract, the south line of said Wingate Tract |
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Two, the south line of a called Tract One described in said Wingate |
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Affidavit of Heirship, the south line of a called 9.718-acre tract |
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conveyed to Martha Wingate, recorded under Instrument Number 130580 |
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in the Deed Records of Coryell County, Texas, and the south line of |
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said Powell Second Tract to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing |
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33.37-acres of land. |
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(e) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall grant to |
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Coryell County certain utility easements to the real property |
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described in Subsection (d) of this section. Utility easements |
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shall be mutually beneficial and agreed upon by the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice and Coryell 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, 2009. |