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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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Board of Criminal Justice to the board of regents of The Texas A&M |
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University System for the use and benefit of the Texas Forest |
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Service. |
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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 January 1, 2012, the Texas |
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Board of Criminal Justice shall transfer to the board of regents of |
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The Texas A&M University System the real property described by |
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Subsection (e) of this section. |
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(b) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System |
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shall use the property transferred under this Act only for the use |
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and benefit of the Texas Forest Service. If the board of regents of |
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The Texas A&M University System uses the property for any purpose |
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other than for the use and benefit of the Texas Forest Service, |
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ownership of the property automatically reverts to the Texas Board |
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of Criminal Justice. |
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(c) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall transfer the |
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property by an appropriate instrument of transfer. The instrument |
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of transfer must: |
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(1) provide that: |
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(A) the board of regents of The Texas A&M |
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University System use the property only for the use and benefit of |
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the Texas Forest Service; and |
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(B) ownership of the property will automatically |
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revert to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice if the board of |
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regents of The Texas A&M University System uses the property for any |
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purpose other than for the use and benefit of the Texas Forest |
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Service; 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 board of regents of The Texas A&M University System |
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shall retain custody of the instrument of transfer after the |
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instrument of transfer is filed in the real property records of |
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Walker County. |
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(e) The real property referred to in this section is |
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described as follows: |
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Being 2.536 acres of land, more or less, situated in the City |
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of Huntsville, WARREN BIRDSELL SURVEY, Abstract No. 6 and P. GRAY |
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SURVEY, Abstract No. 24, Walker County, Texas and being all of the |
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following tracts or parcels of land: a). a 0.341 acre tract out of |
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and a part of a called 515 acre tract as described in a Deed from Ed |
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H. Cunningham, et al to the State of Texas (Texas Department of |
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Corrections), dated June 23, 1883 and recorded in Volume Y, Page |
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181, Deed Records; and b). being all of a 2.19 acre tract as |
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described in an Instrument from the Texas Department of Corrections |
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to the Board of Regents of The Texas A & M University System for the |
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use of the Texas Forest Service, as recorded in Volume 84, Page 783, |
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Official Records, said two tracts being more definitely described |
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as one contiguous tract of 2.536 acres as follows: |
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BEGINNING at the northwest corner of said 2.19 acre tract, |
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same being the northeast corner of said 0.341 acre tract and also |
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being the south right-of-way of State Highway 75, as per Volume 209, |
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Page 707, Deed Records, found a 5/8" iron rod; |
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THENCE S75°35'14"E (2.19 acre call-S73°23'00"E-250.00 feet), |
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with the north line of said 2.19 acre tract and the south line of |
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said S. H. 75, for a distance of 250.00 feet to the northeast corner |
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of said 2.19 acre tract, found a 5/8" iron rod; |
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THENCE S14°22'46"W, with the east line of said 2.19 acre |
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tract, for a distance of 453.60 feet to its southeast corner, same |
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being the called and apparent northeast right-of-way line of |
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Interstate Highway 45, as per Deed from the Texas Prison Board to |
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the State of Texas, recorded in Volume 158, Page 177 (Tract No. 1, |
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call 55.13 acres), Deed Records, found a 5/8" iron rod, from which a |
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concrete right-of-way monument, found for reference only, bears |
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S45°57'14"E-0.15 feet; |
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THENCE N45°57'14"W (2.19 acre call-N43°45'00"W-287.70 feet), |
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with the southwest line of said 2.19 acre tract and the called and |
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apparent northeast line of said I.H. 45, at 287.70 feet pass a point |
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for the southwest corner of said 2.19 acre tract, same being the |
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southeast corner of said 0.341 acre tract, continuing for a total |
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distance of 345.23 feet to the southwest corner of said 0.341 acre |
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tract, same being the east line of a 1-1/2 acre tract as described |
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in a Transfer of Title from the Texas Board of Corrections to the |
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Texas Department of Public Safety, recorded in Volume 391, Page |
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724, Deed Records, and further evidenced by an unrecorded survey |
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(called 1.500 acres) by N. B. |
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Davidson, Jr., RPLS No. 2066, dated June, 1982, set a 5/8" iron rod |
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with an orange, plastic cap, marked "RPLS-4066"; |
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THENCE N14°22'38"E (1-1/2 acre call-N16°37'E-289.50 feet), |
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with the west line of said 0.341 acre tract and the east line of said |
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1-1/2 acre tract, for a distance of 282.93 feet to the northwest |
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corner of said 0.341 acre tract, same being the northeast corner of |
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said 1-1/2 acre tract, found a 1/2" iron rod in the called south |
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right-of-way of said S.H. 75; |
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THENCE S75°35'14"E, with the north line of said 0.341 acre |
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tract and the called south line of said S.H. 75, for a distance of |
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50.00 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING. |
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NOTE: Bearings referenced to the called north line of said |
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2.19 acre tract (S75°35'14'E) in Volume 412, Page 149, Official |
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Records. |
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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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