Bill Text: TX HB371 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the offer of certain unusable remainder real property acquired by the Texas Department of Transportation to nonprofit corporations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-04 - Left pending in committee [HB371 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB371-Introduced.html
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| By: Alonzo | H.B. No. 371 | |
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| relating to the offer of certain unusable remainder real property | ||
| acquired by the Texas Department of Transportation to nonprofit | ||
| corporations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 202, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 202.0215 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 202.0215. OFFER OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TO NONPROFIT | ||
| CORPORATION. (a) In this section, "nonprofit corporation" means a | ||
| corporation governed as a nonprofit corporation under the Business | ||
| Organizations Code. | ||
| (b) The department as part of the acquisition of real | ||
| property for right-of-way purposes may take title to unusable | ||
| remainder real property not to be used for right-of-way purposes. | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding Section 202.021, the department shall | ||
| offer the real property described by Subsection (b) to a nonprofit | ||
| corporation designated by the municipality in which the real | ||
| property is located or, if the real property is not located in a | ||
| municipality, by the county in which the real property is located, | ||
| without cost or expense to the designated nonprofit corporation. | ||
| (d) Property acquired under this section by a nonprofit | ||
| corporation or by another entity from a nonprofit corporation that | ||
| acquired the property under this section must be used for the public | ||
| purpose of development and diversification of the state economy. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
