82R1967 MTB-D
 
  By: Alonzo H.B. No. 421
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the offer of certain unusable remainder real property
  acquired by the Texas Department of Transportation to nonprofit
  corporations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  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 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.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.