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AN ACT
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relating to the sale of certain state property in Brazoria County by |
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the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. |
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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 December 31, 2011, the Texas |
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Board of Criminal Justice shall sell the real property described by |
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Subsection (c) of this section if the board receives a bid of at |
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least $5.5 million for the property. |
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(b) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall sell the |
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property as provided by Section 496.0021, Government Code. The |
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General Land Office shall negotiate and close a transaction |
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involving the real property described by this section on behalf of |
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the board using the procedures under Section 31.158, Natural |
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Resources Code. The sale shall exclude the mineral interests in and |
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under the property, and the deed shall contain a provision |
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expressly reserving the state's interest in and right to remove all |
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oil, gas, and other minerals in and under the real property |
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described by Subsection (c) of this section. |
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(c) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall sell the real |
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property described as follows: |
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Approximately 2,200 acres, more or less, being part of that 2682 |
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acre tract or parcel of land conveyed to the Prison Commission of |
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the State of Texas as recorded in Book 145, Page 307 of the Deed |
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Records Brazoria County, Texas, said 2,200 acres, more or less, |
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being out of the Stephen Richardson League, Abstract 122 and the |
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William Harris League, Abstract 71 in Brazoria County, Texas near |
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Angleton, Texas, bounded by the Brazos River to the West, the |
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southern boundary being the northern boundary of a tract of parcel |
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of land conveyed to The Dow Chemical Company as recorded as Volume |
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453, Page 607 of the Deed Records of Brazoria County, Texas and |
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bounded on the north and east by the remainder of the called 2682 |
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acre tract or parcel of land. |
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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, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2004 was passed by the House on April |
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27, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2004 on May 27, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2004 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |