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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the transfer of certain state real property from the |
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Texas Department of Transportation to the City of Laredo. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) Subject to Section 2 of this Act, the Texas |
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Department of Transportation shall transfer by appropriate |
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instrument of transfer to the City of Laredo the real property |
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described by Section 3 of this Act. |
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(b) Before the transfer of a parcel of real property |
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described by Section 3 of this Act is made, a survey of the parcel |
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may be conducted by or under the direction of the General Land |
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Office. |
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(c) The City of Laredo must use the real property described |
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by Section 3 of this Act to primarily promote a public purpose of |
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the state by enhancing tourism and providing recreation and civic |
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improvement. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Ownership of the property automatically |
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reverts to the State of Texas: |
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(1) on request of the Texas Department of |
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Transportation; or |
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(2) if the City of Laredo: |
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(A) fails to promote a public purpose of the |
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state as described by Section 1(c) of this Act; or |
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(B) sells all or any part of the property. |
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(b) The state reserves: |
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(1) the state's interest in all oil, gas, and other |
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minerals in and under the real property described by Section 3 of |
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this Act; |
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(2) the state's right to remove from the real property |
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described by Section 3 of this Act any oil, gas, and other minerals |
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in and under the real property; and |
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(3) the state's right to grant a lease held by the |
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state before a conveyance of real property described by Section 3 of |
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this Act relating to the removal of oil, gas, and other minerals in |
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and under the real property. |
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(c) Sections 31.1571 and 31.158, Natural Resources Code, do |
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not apply to the transfer of real property authorized by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. The real property held by the Texas Department of |
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Transportation, which are remainder properties from the expansion |
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and extension of Interstate Highway 35, which said four remnant |
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tracts within the corporate limits of the City of Laredo and bounded |
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on the north by Victoria Street; bounded on the east by Santa Ursula |
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Avenue; bounded on the south by Hidalgo Street; and bounded on the |
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west by San Dario Avenue, and are more particularly described as |
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follows: |
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Tract 1 (North most tract ) bounded on north by Victoria Street; on |
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the east by Santa Ursula Avenue; bounded on the south by Houston |
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Street and bounded on the west by San Dario Avenue. |
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Tract 2 bounded on the north by Houston Street; on the east by Santa |
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Ursula Avenue; on the south by Matamoros Street and on the west by |
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San Dario Avenue. |
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Tract 3 bounded on the north by Matamoros Street, on the east by |
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Santa Ursula Avenue; on the south by Farragut Street and on the west |
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by San Dario Avenue. |
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Tract 4 (Southernmost tract) bounded on the north by Matamoros |
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Street, on the east by Santa Ursula Avenue on the south by Hidalgo |
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Street and on the west by San Dario Avenue. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |