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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing the sale of certain real property in |
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Brazoria County by 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. AUTHORIZATION FOR SALE. (a) Not later than |
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January 1, 2014, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall sell to |
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Brazoria County the real property specified in Section 2 of this Act |
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at fair market value without the requirement of a sealed bid if: |
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(1) the board receives an offer from the county to |
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purchase the property at fair market value; and |
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(2) the county acquires the property for a public |
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purpose. |
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(b) The sale shall exclude all mineral interests in and |
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under the property, and the deed shall contain a provision |
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prohibiting any exploration, drilling, or other similar intrusion |
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on the property related to mineral interests. |
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SECTION 2. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION. The Texas Department of |
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Criminal Justice property to be sold as provided by Section 1 of |
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this Act consists of approximately 332 acres, more or less, being |
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part of that 7,424.4 tract or parcel of land conveyed to the Prison |
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Commission of the State of Texas as recorded in Book 145, Page 242 |
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of the Deed Records Brazoria County, Texas, said 332 acres, more or |
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less, being out of the Jared E. Groce grant in Brazoria County, |
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Texas, near Angleton, Texas, bounded by the Brazoria County Airport |
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property to the West and State Highway 288 to the East, the northern |
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boundary being the northern boundary of the said 7,424.4 tract or |
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parcel of land, the southern boundary being the northern boundary |
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of a tract or parcel of land conveyed to RH Retrieve, Ltd. as |
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recorded as Document # 2007018866 in the Official Public Records of |
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Brazoria County, Texas. |
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SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |