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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 Walker 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 January 31, 2012, the Texas |
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Board of Criminal Justice shall donate and transfer to Walker |
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County the real property described by Subsection (e) of this |
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section. |
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(b) Walker 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 by memorializing veterans with a museum and related static |
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displays. If Walker County uses the property for any purpose other |
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than a purpose described by this subsection, ownership of the |
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property automatically reverts to the Texas Board of Criminal |
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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) Walker County shall use the property only for |
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a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state by |
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memorializing veterans with a museum and related static displays; |
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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 Walker County uses |
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the property for any purpose other than a purpose described by |
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Paragraph (A) of this subdivision; 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 Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall retain custody |
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of the instrument of transfer after the instrument of transfer is |
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filed in the real property records of 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 5.57 acres of land, situated in the City of Huntsville, |
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PLEASANT GRAY LEAGUE, Abstract No. 24, Walker County, Texas, and |
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being out of and a part of the residue of a called 515 acre tract |
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described in a Deed from Ed H. Cunningham and L.A. Ellis to the |
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Governor of the State of Texas dated July 10, 1883 and recorded in |
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Volume Y, page 181, Deed Records of Walker County, Texas said 5.57 |
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acres being more definitely described by metes and bounds as |
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follows: |
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BEGINNING for reference only, at the northeast corner of a |
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called 10.01 acre tract out of said 515 acres as described in a Deed |
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from the State of Texas to Walker County dated February 3, 2000 and |
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recorded in Volume 417, page 218, Official Public Records, said |
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corner being in a south line of a called 3.78 acre tract described |
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in a Deed from Texas Department of Corrections to the State of Texas |
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(for additional State Highway No. 75 Right-of-Way) dated November |
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14, 1967 and recorded in Volume 209, page 707, Deed Records, at a |
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5/8" iron rod with plastic cap having coordinates of |
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N=10,263,443.31 feet and E=3,788,337.42 feet for corner in the |
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south right-of-way line of State Highway No. 75; |
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THENCE, S 29°55'00"W with the east line of said Walker County, |
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10.01 acre tract, a distance of 408.18 feet to the Beginning Point |
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for the said 5.57 acre herein described; said beginning point being |
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common with southwest corner of the Walker County 5.0 acre tract |
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described in a deed from Texas Board of Criminal Justice in volume |
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595, page 210 of the Walker County Official Records; |
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THENCE, S 83°08'57"E for a distance of 438.01 feet with the |
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southerly property line of the above mentioned Walker County 5.0 |
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acre tract of land to a point in the said property line, set an iron |
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rod; |
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THENCE, S29°55'00"W for a distance of 707.49 feet across the |
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Texas Board of Criminal Justice property to a point marked with an |
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iron rod in the easterly Right-of-Way line of I-45 and common with |
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the property line of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice property as |
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created by the Texas Department of Transportation right-of-way |
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obtained across the property described in Volume Y, Page 181, |
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Walker County, Texas Official Deed Records; |
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THENCE, N55°07'42"W for a distance of 355.78 feet to a point |
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in the I-45 Right-of-Way line designated as a point of Right-of-Way |
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widening for future construction by Texas Department of |
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Transportation described in a document from State of Texas Board of |
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Criminal Justice to Walker County, Texas, recorded in Volume 412, |
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Page 149 of the Official Public Records of Walker County, Texas, set |
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an iron rod; |
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THENCE, N34°50'47"E for a distance of 20.28 feet to a ell |
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corner point of the 5.57 acre tract herein described in the said |
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Right-of-Way widening for future construction, set an iron rod; |
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THENCE, N55°02'52"W for a distance of 50.07 feet to a point, |
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found iron rod, where the said Rights-of-Way widening line |
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intersects with the easterly property line of the previously |
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described 10.01 acre Walker County tract, and a common line of the |
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herein described 5.57 acre tract; |
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THENCE, N29°45'46"E with the East line of the said 10.01 acre |
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Walker County tract for a distance of 150.55 feet to a point marked |
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with an iron rod. |
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THENCE, N29°55'00"E for a distance of 330.00 feet to the POINT |
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OF BEGINNING and containing 5.57 acres of land. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |