83R12649 JAM-D

By: Price H.B. No. 3217

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to authorizing certain real property transactions involving the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE OF REAL PROPERTY. (a) Except as provided by Section 2(a) of this Act, the asset management division of the General Land Office, on behalf of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, shall, not later than August 31, 2015, offer to convey to Randall County the real property described by Section 3 of this Act under the terms provided by Section 2 of this Act.

(b) Sections 31.1571, 31.158, and 31.159, Natural Resources Code, do not apply to a sale or exchange of real property authorized by this Act.

SECTION 2. SPECIFIC TERMS FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. (a) The property described by Section 3 of this Act may not be offered for sale or exchange until after the date the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas completes the relocation of its operations on the property to another location.

(b) If the real property is offered for sale to Randall County, consideration for the sale must be in an amount equal to the market value of the property as established by an independent appraisal obtained by the asset management division of the General Land Office. If the real property is offered to Randall County in exchange for property conveyed by Randall County to the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, the property exchanged must be of equivalent market value as established by an independent appraisal obtained by the asset management division of the General Land Office.

(c) Proceeds from a sale of real property authorized by this Act shall be deposited to the credit of a dedicated account in the general revenue fund and may be used only for the purpose of constructing, purchasing, or leasing a new facility for the Amarillo office of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. Section 403.095, Government Code, does not apply to money deposited under this subsection.

SECTION 3. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION. The property subject to sale or exchange by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas under this Act is described as follows: A 2-1/2 acre tract of land out of a 7.21 acre tract owned by Randall County in Block No. TWELVE (12), of Eberstadt and Brock Subdivision of the West one-half (W/2) of Section No. ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE (185), Block No. TWO (2), A.B.&M. Survey in Randall County, Texas, described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point in the South line of said Block 12, whence its Southwest corner lies West, 124.88 feet, this point is on the Northwestern line of U.S. Highways 60 & 87;

THENCE North 66° 57' 10" West, 135.70 feet to a point on the East line of Georgia Street;

THENCE North, along the East line of Georgia Street, 622.22 feet to a point on the South line of Rebecca Drive;

THENCE East, along the South line of Rebecca Drive, 336.25 feet to a 1/2" Iron Rod the Northwest corner and Beginning point of this tract;

THENCE East 268.75 feet found a 3/4" Iron Pipe, the Northeast corner of this tract;

THENCE South, 308.75 feet to a 1/2" Iron Rod on the Northwestern line of U. S. Highways 60 & 87;

THENCE Southwesterly, along said Highway right-of-way line, being a curve to the left whose radius point bears South 34° 24' 22" East, 5859.58 feet, a distance of 332.27 feet to a 1/2" Iron Rod, the Southwest corner of this tract;

THENCE North 504.23 feet to the Beginning point of this tract, containing 2.5 acres, more or less.

SECTION 4. AUTHORIZATION FOR BUILD-TO-SUIT LEASE. The Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas may enter into a contract to lease a facility built to suit the department to which the operations conducted by the department on the property described by Section 3 of this Act will be relocated. A contract entered into under this section must be for a lease term of at least 10 years.

SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.