By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 1053
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2019;
  April 15, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Transportation; May 19, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 2;
  May 19, 2019, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1053 By:  Schwertner
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the disposition of real property interests by the
  Willacy County Navigation District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 404, Acts of the 53rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1953, is amended by adding Section 11 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 11.  (a)  The District may sell, exchange, or lease
  real property or any interest in real property owned by it, whether
  the real property was acquired by gift or purchase, in settlement of
  any litigation, controversy, or claim in behalf of the District, or
  in any other manner, except that lands or flats heretofore
  purchased from the State of Texas under former Article 8225,
  Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, or granted by the State of
  Texas in any general or special act, may be sold only to the State of
  Texas or exchanged with the State of Texas for other lands or
  exchanged for adjacent littoral land as authorized by Section
  61.117, Water Code. The District may impose restrictions on the
  development, use, and transfer of any real property or interest in
  real property, other than lands or flats purchased from the State of
  Texas under former Article 8225, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas,
  1925, or granted by the State of Texas in any general or special
  act, in connection with its sale or exchange under this section.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (d) of this section,
  before the District may sell or exchange real property, the Board
  shall determine by resolution that the land is no longer needed for
  use by the District in connection with the development of a
  navigation project.
         (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), (e), or (f) of
  this section, a sale or exchange of real property shall be made as
  provided by Sections 60.040-60.042, Water Code.
         (d)  The District may donate, exchange, convey, sell, or
  lease land, improvements, easements, or any other interests in real
  property to promote a public purpose related to the development of
  the District. The District shall determine the terms and
  conditions of the transaction so as to achieve the public purpose.
         (e)  The District may donate, exchange, convey, sell, or
  lease a real property interest under Subsection (d) of this section
  for less than its fair market value and without complying with the
  notice and bidding requirements of Sections 60.040-60.042, Water
  Code.
         (f)  Narrow strips of real property resulting from boundary
  or surveying conflicts or similar causes, or from insubstantial
  encroachments by abutting real property owners, or real property of
  larger configuration that has been subject to encroachments by
  abutting real property owners for more than 25 years may be
  abandoned, released, exchanged, or transferred to such abutting
  owners on terms and conditions considered appropriate or
  advantageous to the District. The District may convey real
  property under this subsection for less than its fair market value
  and without complying with the notice and bidding requirements of
  Sections 60.040-60.042, Water Code.
         (g)  The District may grant easements over or on its real
  property on terms and conditions the Board determines to be
  advantageous to the District.
         (h)  The authority granted to the District by this section to
  dispose of interests in real property is in addition to any
  authority granted by Chapter 272, Local Government Code, and a
  disposition of an interest in real property under this section is
  exempt from the notice, bidding, and other requirements of Chapter
  272, Local Government Code.
         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, 2019.
 
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