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                                                                  H.B. No. 957




AN ACT

relating to the valuation of state-owned real property.                       
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 31.156(d), Natural Resources Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(d)  The division shall submit to the commissioner [any] 
information pertinent to the evaluation of a real estate 
transaction involving the real property, including [the market 
value of the real property, current market conditions, and] an 
evaluation of any proposals received from private parties that 
would be of significant benefit to the state and:
		(1)  if the division recommends a real estate 
transaction involving the real property, the market value of the 
real property and the current market conditions; or
		(2)  if the division does not recommend a real estate 
transaction involving the real property, evidence of the real 
property's value in a form determined to be appropriate by the 
commissioner.
	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, 2005.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 957 was passed by the House on March 
23, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 957 was passed by the Senate on May 
10, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor