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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sale of certain state property in Brazoria County by |
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the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. |
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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 June 30, 2018, the Texas |
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Board of Criminal Justice shall sell the real property described by |
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Subsection (d) of this section if the board receives a bid of at |
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least $740,000 for the property. |
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(b) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall sell the |
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property as provided by Section 496.0021, Government Code. The |
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General Land Office shall negotiate and close a transaction |
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involving the real property described by this section on behalf of |
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the board using the procedures under Section 31.158, Natural |
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Resources Code. The sale shall exclude the mineral interests in and |
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under the property, and the deed shall contain a provision |
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expressly reserving the state's interest in and right to remove all |
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oil, gas, and other minerals in and under the real property |
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described by Subsection (d) of this section. |
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(c) In this section, "proposed reservoir tract" means the |
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2,200 acres sold in Brazoria County by the Texas Board of Criminal |
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Justice in 2011. |
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(d) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall sell the real |
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property described as follows: |
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Approximately 22 acres, more or less, along the un-named tributary |
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to Oyster Creek within the 2,682 acre tract or parcel of land |
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conveyed to the Prison Commission of the State of Texas as recorded |
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in Book 145, Page 307 of the Deed Records Brazoria County, Texas |
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lying within the Stephen F. Austin League No 8, Abstract 25 in |
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Brazoria County, Texas near the City of Angleton, Texas. The |
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approximate boundaries of the 22 acres are: starting at the |
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confluence of the un-named tributary to Oyster Creek and the Oyster |
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Creek channel which is located approximately 673 feet north of the |
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proposed reservoir tract, extending north approximately 3,660 feet |
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along the un-named tributary to Oyster Creek and extending east and |
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west of the centerline of said tributary approximately 130 feet; |
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And, approximately 274 acres along Oyster Creek, more or less, |
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being part of the 2,682 acre tract or parcel of land conveyed to the |
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Prison Commission of the State of Texas as recorded in Book 145, |
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Page 307 of the Deed Records of Brazoria County, Texas lying within |
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the Stephen F. Austin League No. 8, Abstract 25; and the Stephen |
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Richardson League, abstract 122; and the William Harris League, |
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abstract 71 in Brazoria County, Texas near the City of Angleton, |
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Texas. The approximate boundaries of the 274 acres are: from the |
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confluence of the un-named tributary to Oyster Creek and the Oyster |
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Creek channel, located approximately 673 feet north of the |
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northeast corner of the proposed reservoir tract to the northeast |
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corner of the proposed reservoir tract and extending east and west |
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of the centerline of the Oyster Creek Channel approximately 220 |
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feet; from the northeast corner of the proposed reservoir tract to |
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the intersection of the center line of Oyster Creek with the eastern |
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boundary of the old railroad grade road, lands that extend from |
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approximately 220 feet east of the center line of Oyster Creek, |
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westward and southward to the proposed reservoir tract; land |
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extending south and westward from the intersection of centerline of |
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Oyster Creek and the eastern boundary of the old railroad Grade |
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road, south through points defined by latitude and longitude |
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coordinates: |
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Latitude: 29.260925°, Longitude: -95.527633°; |
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Latitude: 29.260682°, Longitude: -95.526219°; |
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Latitude: 29.259672°, Longitude: -95.525333°; |
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Latitude: 29.259409°, Longitude: -95.523467°; |
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Latitude: 29.259481°, Longitude: -95.521911°; |
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Latitude: 29.259356°, Longitude: -95.521045°; and |
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Latitude: 29.258961°, Longitude: -95.520931° with the southern |
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boundary being formed by the southern limits of contiguous land |
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conveyed to the Prison Commission of the State of Texas. |
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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, 2017. |