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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the asset management division of the |
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General Land Office to sell real property to a federally recognized |
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Indian tribe. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 31.0672(a), Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The division may directly sell to a political |
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subdivision, [or] a development corporation organized under |
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Subtitle C1, Title 12, Local Government Code, or a federally |
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recognized Indian tribe, as listed by the United States secretary |
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of the interior under 25 U.S.C. Section 479a-1, any real property |
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owned by the state that the legislature has authorized or the |
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governor has approved for sale under Subchapter E if the |
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commissioner determines the sale is in the best interest of the |
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state. |
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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, 2015. |