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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the renewal and extension and modification of a 99-year |
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lease of certain state property to the City of Austin. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 34 (H.B. 215), General Laws, Acts of the |
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33rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1913, is amended by amending |
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Section 2 and adding Sections 2A and 2B to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2. That the State of Texas hereby cedes and grants to |
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the City of Austin the plot or square of land described in Section 1 |
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of the Act for a period of ninety-nine years beginning on August 15, |
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2016, [from the taking effect hereof] and said City through its |
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municipal authorities, be and the same is hereby authorized and |
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empowered to: |
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(1) establish, operate and maintain upon the land |
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described by Section 1 of this Act [said block bounded on the North
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by Fifth street, on the south by Fourth street, on the East by
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Guadalupe street, and on the West by San Antonio street,] a |
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municipal auditorium and market, in which auditorium, theatres, |
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operas, concerts, lectures, fairs, shows and public exhibitions and |
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entertainments generally can be conducted with or without pay; and |
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in this market all kinds of produce may be bought and sold either in |
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the open square or in a market house constructed thereon; and |
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(2) construct, operate, and maintain public amenities |
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on the land described by Section 1 of this Act. |
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Sec. 2A. (a) Subject to Section 2B of this Act, the State |
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of Texas grants to the City of Austin for a period of 99 years |
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beginning on August 15, 2016, a lease of the property described as |
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follows: |
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(1) Tract 1. Wooldridge Park. The northwest Public |
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Square now known as Wooldridge Park, bounded on the north by |
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Mulberry Street (now W. 10th Street), on the east by Guadalupe |
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Street, on the south by Ash Street (now W. 9th Street), and on the |
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west by San Antonio Street, and being 276 feet square, as delineated |
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on the map titled "Plan of the City of Austin 1840" filed in the |
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General Land Office; and |
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(2) Tract 2. Brush Park. The southeast Public Square |
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now known as Brush Park, bounded on the north by Pine Street (now E. |
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5th Street), on the east by Neches Street, on the south by Cedar |
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Street (now E. 4th Street), and on the west by Trinity Street, and |
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being 276 feet square as delineated on the map titled "Plan of the |
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City of Austin 1840" filed in the General Land Office. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, |
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the City of Austin may only use the tracts described by Subsection |
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(a) of this section as municipal parks in which: |
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(1) theatres, operas, concerts, lectures, fairs, |
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shows, and public exhibitions and entertainments generally can be |
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conducted with or without pay; and |
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(2) produce may be bought and sold. |
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(c) The City of Austin may construct, operate, and maintain |
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public amenities on the tracts described by Subsection (a) of this |
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section. |
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Sec. 2B. (a) The[; provided, however, that the] state does |
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not by this Act part with any title, color of title or interest |
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which it now owns in the property described in this Act [bill], |
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except as granted herein. |
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(b) In the event, however, the City of Austin should fail to |
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use the property [plot of land] described in Section 1 or 2A(a)(1) |
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or (2) of this Act [herein] for the purpose or purposes designated, |
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that property [the same] shall revert to the State as upon breach of |
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condition subsequent. |
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(c) The legislature, by concurrence of both houses, may |
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terminate the lease, or a portion thereof, at any time for any |
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reason. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect August 15, 2016. |