Bill Text: TX HB3217 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing certain real property transactions involving the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3217 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3217-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Price | H.B. No. 3217 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3217: | |||
| By: Smithee | C.S.H.B. No. 3217 | ||
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| relating to authorizing certain real property transactions | ||
| involving the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION AND TERMS FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE OF | ||
| REAL PROPERTY. (a) The asset management division of the General | ||
| Land Office, on behalf of the Department of Public Safety of the | ||
| State of Texas, shall, not later than August 31, 2017, offer to | ||
| convey to Randall County the real property described by Section 2 of | ||
| this Act under the terms provided by this section. | ||
| (b) Sections 31.157, 31.1571, 31.158, and 31.159, Natural | ||
| Resources Code, do not apply to a sale or exchange of real property | ||
| authorized by this Act. | ||
| (c) If the real property is offered for sale to Randall | ||
| County, consideration for the sale must be in an amount equal to the | ||
| market value of the property as established by an independent | ||
| appraisal obtained by the asset management division of the General | ||
| Land Office. If the real property is offered to Randall County in | ||
| exchange for property conveyed by Randall County to the Department | ||
| of Public Safety of the State of Texas, the property exchanged must | ||
| be of equivalent market value as established by an independent | ||
| appraisal obtained by the asset management division of the General | ||
| Land Office. | ||
| (d) Subject to Subsection (e) of this section, proceeds from | ||
| a sale of real property authorized by this Act shall be deposited to | ||
| the credit of a dedicated account in the general revenue fund and | ||
| may be used only for the purpose of constructing, purchasing, or | ||
| leasing a new facility for the Amarillo office of the Department of | ||
| Public Safety of the State of Texas. Section 403.095, Government | ||
| Code, does not apply to money deposited under this subsection. | ||
| (e) In the event the real property described by Section 2 of | ||
| this Act is transferred by sale, the expenses incurred by the asset | ||
| management division of the General Land Office in conducting the | ||
| sale may be deducted from the proceeds of the sale before deposit in | ||
| the general revenue fund under Subsection (d) of this section. In | ||
| the event the real property is transferred by exchange, Randall | ||
| County shall pay to the General Land Office an amount equal to the | ||
| expenses incurred by the asset management division of the General | ||
| Land Office in conducting the exchange. The funds paid by Randall | ||
| County shall be deposited in the general revenue fund to the credit | ||
| of the General Land Office. | ||
| SECTION 2. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION. The property subject to | ||
| sale or exchange by the Department of Public Safety of the State of | ||
| Texas under this Act is described as follows: | ||
| A 2-1/2 acre tract of land out of a 7.21 acre tract owned by Randall | ||
| County in Block No. TWELVE (12), of Eberstadt and Brock Subdivision | ||
| of the West one-half (W/2) of Section No. ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE | ||
| (185), Block No. TWO (2), A.B.&M. Survey in Randall County, Texas, | ||
| described as follows: | ||
| BEGINNING at a point in the South line of said Block 12, | ||
| whence its Southwest corner lies West, 124.88 feet, this point is on | ||
| the Northwestern line of U.S. Highways 60 & 87; | ||
| THENCE North 66° 57' 10" West, 135.70 feet to a point on the | ||
| East line of Georgia Street; | ||
| THENCE North, along the East line of Georgia Street, 622.22 | ||
| feet to a point on the South line of Rebecca Drive; | ||
| THENCE East, along the South line of Rebecca Drive, 336.25 | ||
| feet to a 1/2" Iron Rod the Northwest corner and Beginning point of | ||
| this tract; | ||
| THENCE East 268.75 feet found a 3/4" Iron Pipe, the Northeast | ||
| corner of this tract; | ||
| THENCE South, 308.75 feet to a 1/2" Iron Rod on the | ||
| Northwestern line of U. S. Highways 60 & 87; | ||
| THENCE Southwesterly, along said Highway right-of-way line, | ||
| being a curve to the left whose radius point bears South 34° 24' 22" | ||
| East, 5859.58 feet, a distance of 332.27 feet to a 1/2" Iron Rod, | ||
| the Southwest corner of this tract; | ||
| THENCE North 504.23 feet to the Beginning point of this | ||
| tract, containing 2.5 acres, more or less. | ||
| SECTION 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR BUILD-TO-SUIT LEASE. The | ||
| Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas may enter into a | ||
| contract to lease a facility built to suit the department to which | ||
| the operations conducted by the department on the property | ||
| described by Section 2 of this Act will be relocated. A contract | ||
| entered into under this section must be for a lease term of at least | ||
| 10 years. | ||
| SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September | ||
| 1, 2013. | ||
