By: Bonnen of Brazoria H.B. No. 3402
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
 
  relating to the sale of certain state property in Brazoria County by
  the Texas Board of Criminal Justice.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  (a)  Not later than June 30, 2018, the Texas
  Board of Criminal Justice shall sell the real property described by
  Subsection (d) of this section if the board receives a bid of at
  least $740,000 for the property.
         (b)  The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall sell the
  property as provided by Section 496.0021, Government Code.  The
  General Land Office shall negotiate and close a transaction
  involving the real property described by this section on behalf of
  the board using the procedures under Section 31.158, Natural
  Resources Code.  The sale shall exclude the mineral interests in and
  under the property, and the deed shall contain a provision
  expressly reserving the state's interest in and right to remove all
  oil, gas, and other minerals in and under the real property
  described by Subsection (d) of this section.
         (c)  In this section, "proposed reservoir tract" means the
  2,200 acres sold in Brazoria County by the Texas Board of Criminal
  Justice in 2011.
         (d)  The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall sell the real
  property described as follows:
  Approximately 22 acres, more or less, along the un-named tributary
  to Oyster Creek within the 2,682 acre tract or parcel of land
  conveyed to the Prison Commission of the State of Texas as recorded
  in Book 145, Page 307 of the Deed Records Brazoria County, Texas
  lying within the Stephen F. Austin League No 8, Abstract 25 in
  Brazoria County, Texas near the City of Angleton, Texas.  The
  approximate boundaries of the 22 acres are: starting at the
  confluence of the un-named tributary to Oyster Creek and the Oyster
  Creek channel which is located approximately 673 feet north of the
  proposed reservoir tract, extending north approximately 3,660 feet
  along the un-named tributary to Oyster Creek and extending east and
  west of the centerline of said tributary approximately 130 feet;
  And, approximately 274 acres along Oyster Creek, more or less,
  being part of the 2,682 acre tract or parcel of land conveyed to the
  Prison Commission of the State of Texas as recorded in Book 145,
  Page 307 of the Deed Records of Brazoria County, Texas lying within
  the Stephen F. Austin League No. 8, Abstract 25; and the Stephen
  Richardson League, abstract 122; and the William Harris League,
  abstract 71 in Brazoria County, Texas near the City of Angleton,
  Texas.  The approximate boundaries of the 274 acres are: from the
  confluence of the un-named tributary to Oyster Creek and the Oyster
  Creek channel, located approximately 673 feet north of the
  northeast corner of the proposed reservoir tract to the northeast
  corner of the proposed reservoir tract and extending east and west
  of the centerline of the Oyster Creek Channel approximately 220
  feet; from the northeast corner of the proposed reservoir tract to
  the intersection of the center line of Oyster Creek with the eastern
  boundary of the old railroad grade road, lands that extend from
  approximately 220 feet east of the center line of Oyster Creek,
  westward and southward to the proposed reservoir tract; land
  extending south and westward from the intersection of centerline of
  Oyster Creek and the eastern boundary of the old railroad Grade
  road, south through points defined by latitude and longitude
  coordinates:
  Latitude: 29.260925°, Longitude: -95.527633°;
  Latitude: 29.260682°, Longitude: -95.526219°;
  Latitude: 29.259672°, Longitude: -95.525333°;
  Latitude: 29.259409°, Longitude: -95.523467°;
  Latitude: 29.259481°, Longitude: -95.521911°;
  Latitude: 29.259356°, Longitude: -95.521045°; and
  Latitude: 29.258961°, Longitude: -95.520931° with the southern
  boundary being formed by the southern limits of contiguous land
  conveyed to the Prison Commission of the State of Texas.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.