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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 property from the Texas |
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Board of Criminal Justice to the City of Dallas. |
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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 March 1, 2018, the Texas |
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Board of Criminal Justice shall donate and transfer to the City of |
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Dallas the real property described by Subsection (e) of this |
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section. |
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(b) The City of Dallas may use the property transferred |
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under this Act only for a purpose that benefits the public interest |
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of the state. If the City of Dallas uses the property for any |
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purpose other than a purpose described by this subsection, |
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ownership of the property automatically reverts to the Texas Board |
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of Criminal Justice. |
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(c) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall transfer the |
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property by an appropriate instrument of transfer. The instrument |
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of transfer must: |
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(1) provide that: |
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(A) the City of Dallas may use the property only |
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for a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state; and |
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(B) ownership of the property will automatically |
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revert to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice if the City of Dallas |
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uses the property for any purpose other than a purpose described by |
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Paragraph (A) of this subdivision; and |
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(2) describe the property to be transferred by metes |
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and bounds. |
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(d) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall retain custody |
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of the instrument of transfer after the instrument of transfer is |
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filed in the real property records of Dallas 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 a 0.907 acre tract of land located in the John Booman Survey, |
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Abstract number 208, in the City of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas and |
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being a part of Reunion Plaza and Addition to the City of Dallas, |
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according to the plot in Volume 87040, Page 6347, Plat records of |
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Dallas County, Texas more particularly described as follows: |
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COMMENCING at a found HALFF ASSOC. Iron rod, for the northwest |
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corner of said Reunion Plaza, and the southerly right-of-way line |
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of Commerce Street (175' R.O.W.): |
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THENCE N 76° 00'04" E along said southerly right-of-way 21.50 feet |
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to a set pk nail in asphalt for the POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein |
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described tract; |
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THENCE N 76° 00'04" E continue along said southerly right-of-way |
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125.03 feet to a set pk nail in asphalt; |
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THENCE S 15° 09'15" E, departing from said southerly right-of-way, |
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315.00 feet to a set pk nail in asphalt; |
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THENCE S 74° 30'46" W, 125.00 feet to a set pk nail in asphalt; |
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THENCE N 15° 09'15" W, 317.52 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, |
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containing 0.907 Acres (39,534 square feet) of land more or less. |
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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. |