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AN ACT
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relating to the transfer of certain state property in Walker County |
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from the Texas Board of Criminal Justice to the board of regents of |
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the Texas State University System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) Not later than January 1, 2014, the Texas |
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Board of Criminal Justice shall donate and transfer the real |
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property described by Subsection (e) of this section to the board of |
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regents of the Texas State University System for use by Sam Houston |
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State University. |
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(b) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall convey the |
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property by a deed without warranty regarding covenants of title. |
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(c) The deed must include a provision that: |
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(1) requires Sam Houston State University to use the |
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property primarily for a purpose that benefits the public interest |
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of the state; and |
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(2) indicates that ownership of the property will |
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automatically revert to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice if Sam |
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Houston State University fails to use the property primarily for a |
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purpose that benefits the public interest of the state. |
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(d) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall retain custody |
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of the deed after the deed is filed in the real property records of |
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Walker County. |
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(e) The real property referred to in this section is |
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described as follows: |
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Being 78.823 acres of land, more or less, situated in the City |
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of Huntsville, P. GRAY SURVEY, Abstract No. 24, Walker County, |
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Texas and being out of and a part of a called 515 acre tract as |
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described in a Deed from Ed H. Cunningham, et al to the State of |
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Texas, dated July 10, 1883 and recorded in Volume Y, Page 181, Deed |
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Records, said 78.823 acre tract being more definitely described as |
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follows: |
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BEGINNING at the northeast corner of a called 5.00 acre |
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tract, out of said 515 acre tract, as described in a Deed from the |
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Texas Board of Criminal Justice, on behalf of the Texas Department |
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of Criminal Justice, to the County of Walker (Veteran's Complex), |
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dated October 29, 2003 and recorded in Volume 595, Page 210, |
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Official Records, found a 5/8" iron rod with a plastic cap in the |
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south right-of-way of State Highway 75, being a 50 foot strip |
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(called 3.78 acres) conveyed to the State of Texas in Volume 209, |
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Page 707, Deed Records, said iron rod having coordinates of |
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N:10263383.58, E:3788833.74 and being the most northerly northwest |
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corner of the herein described tract; |
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THENCE S83°08'57"E, with the south right-of-way of said S.H. |
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75, for a distance of 1245.10 feet to a called angle point of said |
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3.78 acre tract (TxDOT Station 79+76.59), set a 5/8" iron rod, with |
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a plastic cap; |
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THENCE N70°17'06"E, continuing with the south right-of-way of |
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said S.H. 75, for a distance of 95.23 feet to its intersection with |
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the east line of said 515 acre tract, same being the apparent |
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northwest corner of a called 5.51 acre tract as described in a Deed |
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from E. A. Heaton to Carol Joe Heaton, dated February 19, 1966 and |
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recorded in Volume 198, Page 501, Deed Records, set a 5/8" iron rod |
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with a plastic cap for the northeast corner of the herein described |
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tract, from which a 5" square concrete monument, found for the |
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northeast corner of said 515 acre tract, bears NO2°32'37"W- 551.88 |
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feet; |
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THENCE S02°32'37"E, with the east line of said 515 acre tract |
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and the called west line of said Heaton tract, at 660.0 pass the |
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apparent southwest corner of said Heaton tract, continuing for a |
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total distance of 2649.68 feet to its intersection with the |
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northeast right-of-way of Interstate Highway No. 45, as described |
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in "Tract No. 1 (called 55.13 acres)" in a Right of Way Deed from the |
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Texas Prison Board to the Texas State Highway Commission, dated |
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July 19, 1957 and recorded in Volume 158, Page 177, Deed Records, |
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set a 5/8" iron rod with a plastic cap at a fence corner post for the |
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southeast corner of the herein described tract, from said iron rod a |
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5" square concrete monument, found for the southeast corner of said |
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515 acre tract, bears S02°32'37"E- 2574.60 feet; |
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THENCE, with the northeast lines of said I.H. 45, as |
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presently monumented, the following calls: |
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1). N47°43'50"W- 1972.52 feet to a found TxDOT concrete |
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monument; |
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2). N49°39'48"W- 259.16 feet to a found TxDOT concrete |
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monument; |
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3). N51°28'15"W- 258.69 feet to a found TxDOT concrete |
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monument; |
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4). N53°43'57"W- 250.31 feet to a found TxDOT concrete |
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monument; |
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and 5). N55°10'12"W, at 356.2 feet pass a point in a creek for |
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the south corner of a right-of-way easement (called 2.744 acres) |
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from the Texas Board of Criminal Justice to the Texas |
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Transportation Commission, dated January 6, 2000 and recorded in |
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Volume 412, Page 149, Official Records, continuing for a total |
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distance of 404.59 feet to a 5/8" iron rod, with a plastic cap, set |
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for the southwest corner of the herein described tract; |
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THENCE N29°54'57"E, crossing said right-of-way easement, at |
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28.58 feet pass a northeasterly line of said easement, same being |
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the south corner of a called 10.01 acre tract, out of said 515 acre |
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tract, as described in a Deed from the County of Walker to the Texas |
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Prison Museum, dated July 16, 2001 and recorded in Volume 466, Page |
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755, Official Records, continuing with the southeast line of said |
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10.01 acre tract, at 171.32 feet pass a point for the west corner of |
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a sanitary sewer, drainage and road easement (called 0.455 acre) as |
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described in a Deed from the Texas Board of Criminal Justice to the |
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County of Walker, dated May 7, 2004 and recorded in Volume 634, Page |
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550, Official Records, continuing with the common line of said |
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10.01 acre and 0.455 acre tracts, for a total distance of 501.32 |
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feet to the southwest corner of said County of Walker 5.00 acre |
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tract (Veteran's Complex), same being the northwest corner of said |
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0.455 acre tract, found a 5/8" iron rod with a plastic cap; |
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THENCE S83°08'48"E, with the south line of said 5.00 acre |
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tract (Veteran's Complex), for a distance of 659.91 feet to its |
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southeast corner, set a 5/8" iron rod at a fence corner post; |
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THENCE N06°51'03"E, with the east line of said 5.00 acre |
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tract, for a distance of 375.56 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1157 passed the Senate on |
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April 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1157 passed the House on |
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May 2, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, two present |
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not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |