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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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Department of Criminal Justice to Stephens County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) As soon as practicable, the Texas Department |
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of Criminal Justice shall transfer to Stephens County the real |
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property interests of the State of Texas and the department in the |
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tracts of land described by Subsection (f) of this section. |
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(b) Stephens County may use the property transferred under |
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this Act only for a purpose that benefits the public. If Stephens |
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County uses the property for any purpose other than a purpose |
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described by this subsection, ownership of the property |
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automatically reverts to the State of Texas. |
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(c) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer |
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the property by an appropriate instrument of transfer. The |
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instrument of transfer must: |
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(1) provide that: |
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(A) Stephens County may use the property only for |
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a purpose that benefits the public; and |
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(B) ownership of the property will automatically |
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revert to the State of Texas if Stephens County uses the property |
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for any purpose other than a purpose described by Paragraph (A) of |
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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 Department of Criminal Justice shall retain |
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custody of the instrument of transfer after the instrument of |
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transfer is filed in the real property records of Stephens County. |
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(e) Sections 31.158 and 31.159, Natural Resources Code, do |
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not apply to the transfer of real property authorized by this Act. |
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(f) The tracts of land referred to in this section are |
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described as follows: |
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(1) 149.04 acres of land out of T. E. & L. 1177, A-1948 |
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and A. B. & M. Survey 2, A-1586, Stephens County, Texas, and being |
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part of a tract of land described in deed recorded in Volume 1071 |
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Page 186 Official Public Records, Stephens County, Texas. |
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BEGINNING at the northeast corner of T. E. & L. 1177 and at an |
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interior corner of A. B. & M. Survey 2; |
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THENCE N 89°47'36" E with the north line of the tract described in |
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Volume 1071 Page 186 and the south line of the tract described in |
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Volume 1747 Page 3 a distance of 1907.46' to a 1/2” iron pin found in |
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the east line of Survey 2 A. B. & M. for the northeast corner of the |
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tract described in Volume 1071 and the southeast corner of the tract |
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described in Volume 1747 Page 3 for the northeast corner of this |
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tract; |
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THENCE S 00°56'23" W with the east line of Survey 2 A. B. & M. a |
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distance of 747.17' to a 1/2” iron pin found for a corner in the |
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north line of County Road 173; |
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THENCE S 00°10'58" W continuing with the east line of Survey 2 A. B. & |
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M. and County Road 173 a distance of 1114.50' to a 1/2” iron pin |
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set for the northeast corner of a tract of land described in Volume |
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1072 Page 285 and being the eastern most southeast corner of the |
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tract described in Volume 1071 Page 186; |
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THENCE N 89°49'02" W a distance of 1897.55' to a 1/2” iron pin set in |
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the east line of T. E. & L. 1177 for the northwest corner of the |
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tract described in Volume 1072 Page 285 and being an interior corner |
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of this tract; |
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THENCE S 00°10'58" W with the east line of T. E. & L. 1177 a distance |
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of 56.03' to a 1/2 iron pin set in the north line of an existing |
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road; |
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THENCE N 88°55'23" W with an existing fence line on the north line of |
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the road a distance of 1571.09' to a fence corner found for the |
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southwest corner of this tract; |
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THENCE N 00°03'36" E a distance of 1869.57' to a 1/2” iron pin set in |
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the north lien of T. E. & L. 1177 and the south line of Survey 2 A. B. & |
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M. for the northwest corner of this tract; |
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THENCE N 89°47'52" E with the north line of T. E. & L. 1177 and the |
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south line of Survey 2 A. B. & M. a distance of 1574.93' to the place |
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of beginning and containing 149.04 acres of land; and |
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(2) 139.76 acres of land out of T. E. & L. 1177, |
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A-1948, Stephens County, Texas, and being part of a tract of land |
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described in deed recorded in Volume 1071 Page 186, Official Public |
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Records, Stephens County, Texas. |
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BEGINNING at a 1/2” iron pin found in County Road 173 for the |
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southeast corner of T. E. & L. 1177 and being the southern most |
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southeast corner of the tract described in Volume 1071 Page 186 for |
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the southeast corner of this tract; |
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THENCE N 89°56'48" W with the south line of T. E. & L. 1177 a distance |
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of 3536.23' to a 1/2” iron pin fond for the southeast corner of |
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Tract 2 as described in Volume 1072 Page 288 Page and being the |
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southwest corner of this tract; |
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THENCE N 00°00'42" E passing the northeast corner of the Tract 2 as |
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described in Volume 1072 Page 288 at a distance of 275.00’ and |
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continuing a total distance of 1668.83' to a 1/2” iron pin set for |
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the northwest corner of this tract; |
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THENCE S 89°57'24" E a distance of 1840.87' to a fence corner; |
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THENCE N 35°39'30" E a distance of 153.47' to a fence corner in the |
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south line of an existing road; |
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THENCE S 88°50'58" E with the fence on the south line the road a |
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distance of 1611.50' to a 1/2” iron pin set in the east line of T. E. & |
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L. 1177 and in County Road 173 for the northeast corner of this |
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tract; |
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THENCE S 00°10'58" W with the east line of T. E. & L. 1177 and the |
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county road a distance of 1763.07' to the place of beginning and |
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containing 139.76 acres of land. |
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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, 2021. |