Bill Text: TX HB2978 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Relating to granting an easement to the City of Austin.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2978 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2978-Introduced.html

---

86R3233 MTB-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 2978

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an agreement between the Texas State Library and
Archives Commission and the City of Austin regarding an easement
across commission property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 441, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 441.0165 to read as follows:
Sec. 441.0165. EASEMENT OVER COMMISSION PROPERTY. (a) The
commission and the City of Austin shall enter into an agreement
under which the city may use any amount credited in favor of the
city under Section 2166.052(c) to acquire, for a reasonable value,
an easement across commission property.
(b) The use of any amount credited in favor of the City of
Austin under Subsection (a) is subject to approval by the Texas
Facilities Commission.
(c) Section 272.001, Local Government Code, does not apply
to a transaction governed by this section.
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.