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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 Walker 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 Walker County the real |
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property interests of the State of Texas and the department in the |
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tract of land described by Subsection (f) of this section. |
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(b) Walker County may use the property transferred under |
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this Act only for a justice center. If Walker County uses the |
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property for any purpose other than the purpose described by this |
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subsection or if Walker County fails to use the property for the |
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purpose described by this subsection before the 10th anniversary of |
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the date of transfer, ownership of the property automatically |
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reverts to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
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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) Walker County may use the property only for a |
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justice center; and |
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(B) ownership of the property will automatically |
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revert to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if Walker |
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County: |
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(i) uses the property for any purpose other |
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than the purpose described by Paragraph (A) of this subdivision; or |
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(ii) fails to use the property for the |
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purpose described by Paragraph (A) of this subdivision before the |
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10th anniversary of the date of the transfer; 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 Walker 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 tract of land referred to in this section is |
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described as follows: |
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State of Texas 14.999 Acres |
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County of WALKER |
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EXHIBIT "A" |
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Field notes of a 14.999 acres (653,371 sq. ft.)out of a called |
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279.39 acres, lying and being situated in the P. Gray League, A-24, |
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Walker County, being the same land described in Volume 112, Page 52 |
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of the Official Records of Walker County, Texas and being more |
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particularly described herein; |
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Beginning at a concrete monument found in the south margin of a 100' |
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wide road (FM 2821), being the east margin of a variable width |
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county road (Smith Hill Road), marking the northwest corner and |
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point of beginning of the herein described 14.999 acres; |
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Thence N 60°21'13" E, along and with the south margin of FM 2821 , a |
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distance of 159.94 feet to a concrete monument found, marking an |
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interior corner of the herein described 14.999 acres; |
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Thence continuing along and with the south margin of FM 2821 with a |
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curve to the right having a radius of 3780.30 feet, an arc length of |
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745.28, with a chord bearing of N 81°11'59" E , and a chord distance |
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of 744.07 feet to a concrete monument found for an interior corner |
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of the herein described 14.999 acres; |
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Thence N 86°58'17" E, continuing along and with the south margin of |
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FM 2821, a distance of 182.83 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set marked |
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"Campbell - Sandoval" from which a concrete monument found bears N |
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86°58'19" E, a distance of 557.10 feet marking the northeast corner |
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of the herein described 14.999 acres; |
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Thence S 03°53'37" E, departing the south margin of FM 2821, cutting |
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across and through the called 279.39 acre parent tract, a distance |
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of 634.00 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set marked "Campbell - Sandoval", |
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marking the southeast corner of the herein described 14.999 acres; |
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Thence S 85°53'14" W, cutting across and through the called 279.39 |
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acre parent tract , a distance of 1067.85 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set |
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marked "Campbell - Sandoval" from which a 1/2" iron rod found bears |
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S 03°56'02" E, a distance of 121.33 feet, said point being in the |
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east margin of the aforementioned Smith Hill Road, marking the |
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southwest corner of the herein described 14.999 acres; |
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Thence N 03°56'02" W, along and with the east margin of Smith Hill |
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Road, a distance of 507.71 feet back to point of beginning and |
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containing 14.999 acres. |
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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, 2025. |