83R19831 KSD-F

By: Patrick H.B. No. 1753

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1753:

By: Branch C.S.H.B. No. 1753

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to authorizing the board of regents of The University of Texas System to acquire certain property in the city of Arlington.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The board of regents of The University of Texas System may acquire by purchase, exchange, gift, or otherwise, for campus expansion and other university purposes of The University of Texas at Arlington, all or part of the property in the city of Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas, that is included within the area with the boundaries specifically described as follows:

BEGINNING at the corner of E. 3rd Street and South Center Street;

THENCE South along South Center Street to the intersection of South Center Street and East Mitchell Street;

THENCE East along East Mitchell Street to the intersection of East Mitchell Street and South Mesquite Street;

THENCE North along South Mesquite Street to the intersection of South Mesquite Street and E. 3rd Street;

THENCE West along E. 3rd Street to the beginning intersection at the corner of E. 3rd Street and South Center Street.

SECTION 2. The title to the property shall be taken in the name of the board of regents of The University of Texas System and shall be subject to the control and management of the board in the manner and to the extent that the property now owned by The University of Texas System in fee simple is held and controlled.

SECTION 3. This Act does not grant the state or The University of Texas System the power of eminent domain over the property.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.