83R23860 NC-D
 
  By: Bonnen of Brazoria H.B. No. 2895
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to authorizing the sale of certain real property in
  Brazoria County by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  AUTHORIZATION FOR SALE.  (a)  Not later than
  January 1, 2014, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall sell to
  Brazoria County the real property specified in Section 2 of this Act
  at fair market value without the requirement of a sealed bid if:
               (1)  the board receives an offer from the county to
  purchase the property at fair market value; and
               (2)  the county acquires the property for a public
  purpose.
         (b)  The sale shall exclude all mineral interests in and
  under the property, and the deed shall contain a provision
  prohibiting any exploration, drilling, or other similar intrusion
  on the property related to mineral interests.
         SECTION 2.  PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.  The Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice property to be sold as provided by Section 1 of
  this Act consists of the following tracts of land:
  (1)  ALL THAT CERTAIN 109.346 ACRE tract of land being out of a
  called 7424.4 acre tract conveyed to Texas Board of Corrections in
  Volume 145, Page 242 of the Brazoria County Deed Records, situated
  in the Jared Groce 5 League Grant, Abstract 66, Brazoria County,
  Texas, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds
  using survey terminology which refers to the Texas State Plane
  Coordinate System, South Central Zone, NAD 83 in which the
  directions are Lambert grid bearings and the distances are
  horizontal surface level lengths (SF=0.999870607) as follows:
  COMMENCING at found concrete monument for the northeast corner of
  the said Texas Board of Correction called 7424.4 acre tract, same
  being the northwest corner of the residue of a called 300 acre tract
  conveyed to Theodore H. Harrison and Phillip G. Harrison as
  recorded in Volume 1096, Page 605 of the Brazoria County Deed
  Records, located in the southern boundary line of a called 94.573
  acre tract conveyed James Henson and Michael Echevarria, as
  recorded in Clerk's File No. 06-036246 of the Brazoria County
  Official Records, at position X=3132507.66 and Y=481860.50;
  THENCE South 87°21'12" West, coincident with the south line of said
  James Henson and Michael Echevarria called 94.573 acre tract, the
  south line of a called 5.86 acre tract conveyed to Brazoria County,
  as recorded in Clerk's File No. 00-015468 of the Brazoria County
  Official Records, also coincident with the north line of said Texas
  Board of Correction called 7424.4 acre tract, a distance of 839.72
  feet to a set 5/8" iron rod with cap for the POINT OF BEGINNING and
  the northeast corner of the herein described tract at position
  X=3131668.92 and Y=481821.73;
  THENCE South 1°48'24" East, a distance of 4965.23 feet to a set 5/8"
  iron rod with cap for corner, at position X=3131825.43 and
  Y=476859.61;
  THENCE South 88°11'38" West, a distance of 960.68 feet to a set 5/8"
  iron rod with cap for corner, said point being the southeast corner
  of a called 22.726 acre tract conveyed to Brazoria County, as
  recorded in Volume 1645, Page 879 of the Deed Records of Brazoria
  County, at position X=3130865.35 and Y=476829.33
  THENCE North 1°48'22" West, coincident with the east boundary line
  of said called 22.726 acre tract, a distance of 4951.14 feet to a
  set 5/8" iron rod with cap for the northeast corner of said called
  22.726 acre tract, at position X=3130709.32 ad Y=481777.37;
  THENCE North 87°21'12" East, coincident with the south boundary line
  of said called 5.86 acre tract, a distance of 960.75 feet to the
  POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 109.346 acres of land, more or less;
  and
  (2)  ALL THAT CERTAIN 60.147 ACRE tract of land being out of a
  called 7424.4 acre tract conveyed to Texas Board of Corrections in
  Volume 145, Page 242 of the Brazoria County Deed Records, situated
  in the Jared Groce 5 League Grant, Abstract 66, Brazoria County,
  Texas, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds
  using survey terminology which refers to the Texas State Plane
  Coordinate System, South Central Zone, NAD 83 in which the
  directions are Lambert grid bearings and the distances are
  horizontal surface level lengths (SF=0.999870607) as follows:
  BEGINNING at found concrete monument for the northeast corner of
  the said Texas Board of Correction called 7424.4 acre tract, same
  being the northwest corner of the residue of a called 300 acre tract
  conveyed to Theodore H. Harrison and Phillip G. Harrison as
  recorded in Volume 1096, Page 605 of the Brazoria County Deed
  Records, located in the southern boundary line of a called 94.573
  acre tract conveyed James Henson and Michael Echevarria, as
  recorded in Clerk's File No. 06-036246 of the Brazoria County
  Official Records, for the northeast corner of the herein described
  tract, at position X=3132507.66 and Y=481860.50;
  THENCE South 3°24'29" East, coincident with western boundary line of
  said residue of a called 300 acre tract, a distance of 428.14 feet
  to a set /58" iron rod with cap for an angle point, located in the
  western right-of-way line of State Highway 288, conveyed to the
  State of Texas as recorded in Volume 1239, Page 933 of the Brazoria
  County Deed Records, at position X=3132533.10 and Y=481433.17;
  THENCE South 5°08'56" West, coincident with the western
  right-of-way line of said State Highway 288, a distance of 1952.17
  feet to a set 5/8" iron rod for a point of curvature, at position
  X=3132357.93 and Y=479489.13, from which a concrete monument found
  disturbed bears South 72°36'37" West, a distance of 0.54 feet;
  THENCE in a southerly direction, coincident with the western
  right-of-way line of said State Highway 288, and along a curve to
  left, having a radius of 11669.16 feet, a central angle of 8°33'05",
  for an arc length of 1741.60 feet, the chord of said curve having a
  bearing of South 0°52'23" West, and a chord distance of 1740.00 feet
  to set 5/8" iron rod with cap for corner, at position X=3132331.42
  and Y=477749.55, from which a concrete monument found disturbed
  bears South 72°14'12" West, a distance of 0.86 feet;
  THENCE South 3°24'09" East, coincident with the western
  right-of-way line of said State Highway 288, a distance of 874.01
  feet to a set 5/8" iron rod with cap for corner, at position
  X=3132383.29 and Y=476877.20;
  THENCE South 88°11'38" West, a distance of 438.21 feet to a set 5/8"
  iron rod for corner, at position X=3131945.36 and Y=476863.39
  THENCE North 1°48'24" West, a distance of 4966.99 feet to a set 5/8"
  iron rod for corner, said point being the southeast corner of a
  called 5.86 acre tract conveyed to Brazoria County, as recorded in
  Clerk's File No. 00-015468 of the Brazoria County Official Records
  and the southwest corner of said called 94.573 acre tract, at
  position X=3131788.79 and Y=481827.27;
  THENCE North 87° 21'12" East, coincident with the southern boundary
  line of said called 94.573 acre tract, a distance of 719.72 feet to
  the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 60.147 acres of land, more or
  less.
         SECTION 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  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.