H.B. No. 3333




AN ACT
relating to the sale or transfer of interest of real property to certain federally recognized Indian tribes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 202.021, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), Tract 11, Block 49, of the Ysleta Grant located in El Paso County shall be sold to a federally recognized Indian tribe: (1) whose reservation is located within counties of this state bordering the United Mexican States; and (2) that is not subject to the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. 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. 3333 was passed by the House on May 12, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 1, 1 present, not voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 3333 on May 27, 2005, and requested the appointment of a conference committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. 3333 on May 29, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 3 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3333 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. 3333 on May 29, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor