81R10187 UM-D
 
  By: Bonnen H.B. No. 3202
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to authorizing the transfer of certain real property held
  by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  AUTHORIZATION FOR TRANSFER.  (a)  Not later than
  January 1, 2010, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall
  transfer to Brazoria County the real property specified in Section
  2 of this Act.
         (b)  Consideration for the transfer authorized by Subsection
  (a) of this section shall be in the form of an agreement between the
  parties that requires Brazoria County to use the property in a
  manner that primarily promotes a public purpose that benefits the
  public interest of the state.
         (c)  If Brazoria County fails to use the property in the
  manner described by an agreement under Subsection (b) of this
  section for more than 180 continuous days, ownership of the
  property automatically reverts to the Texas Department of Criminal
  Justice.
         (d)  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer
  the property to Brazoria County by an appropriate instrument of
  transfer. The instrument of transfer must include a provision
  that:
               (1)  requires Brazoria County to use the property in a
  manner that primarily promotes a public purpose that benefits the
  public interest of the state; and
               (2)  indicates that ownership of the property
  automatically reverts to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  if Brazoria County no longer uses the property in a manner that
  primarily promotes a public purpose that benefits the public
  interest of the state.
         SECTION 2.  PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.  The Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice property to be transferred as provided by Section
  1 of this Act consists of approximately 332 acres, more or less,
  being part of that 7,424.4 tract or parcel of land conveyed to the
  Prison Commission of the State of Texas as recorded in Book 145,
  Page 242 of the Deed Records Brazoria County, Texas, said 332 acres,
  more or less, being out of the Jared E. Groce grant in Brazoria
  County, Texas, near Angleton, Texas, bounded by the Brazoria County
  Airport property to the West and State Highway 288 to the East, the
  northern boundary being the northern boundary of the said 7,424.4
  tract or parcel of land, the southern boundary being the northern
  boundary of a tract or parcel of land conveyed to RH Retrieve, Ltd.
  as recorded as Document # 2007018866 in the Official Public Records
  of Brazoria County, Texas.
         SECTION 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
  1, 2009.