85R3008 PMO-D
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 71
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the transfer of certain state real property to the City
  of San Marcos.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  (a)  Subject to Section 2 of this Act, not later
  than January 1, 2018, the State of Texas shall transfer by deed
  without warranty of title to the City of San Marcos all real
  property owned by the State of Texas in the bed and along the banks
  of the San Marcos River located within the city limits of the City
  of San Marcos as those limits exist on the effective date of this
  Act.
         (b)  Before the real property described by Subsection (a) of
  this section may be transferred, a survey of the real property must
  be conducted by or under the direction of the General Land Office.
         (c)  Consideration for the transfer authorized by Subsection
  (a) of this section shall be in the form of an agreement between the
  State of Texas and the City of San Marcos that requires the City of
  San Marcos to primarily promote a public purpose of the state by
  providing protection of health and general welfare, providing
  recreation, beautification, and civic improvement, and providing
  police protection in the bed and along the banks of the San Marcos
  River within the city limits of the City of San Marcos.
         (d)  The City of San Marcos shall reimburse the General Land
  Office for the fees and expenses incurred by the General Land Office
  in connection with the transfer of the real property under this Act.
         SECTION 2.  (a) Ownership of the property automatically
  reverts to the State of Texas if the City of San Marcos:
               (1)  fails to promote a public purpose of the state as
  described by Section 1(c) of this Act; or
               (2)  sells all or any part of the property.
         (b)  The state reserves:
               (1)  the state's interest in all oil, gas, and other
  minerals in and under the real property described by Section 1 of
  this Act;
               (2)  the state's right to remove from the real property
  described by Section 1 of this Act any oil, gas, and other minerals
  in and under the real property; and
               (3)  the state's right to grant a lease held by the
  state before a conveyance of real property described by Section 1 of
  this Act relating to the removal of oil, gas, and other minerals in
  and under the real property.
         (c)  Sections 31.1571 and 31.158, Natural Resources Code, do
  not apply to the transfer of real property authorized by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  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.