Bill Text: TX HB1406 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the asset management division of the General Land Office to sell real property to a federally recognized Indian tribe.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2017-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB1406 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1406-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1406 | ||
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| relating to the authority of the asset management division of the | ||
| General Land Office to sell real property to a federally recognized | ||
| Indian tribe. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 31.0672(a), Natural Resources Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The division may directly sell to a political | ||
| subdivision, [ |
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| Subtitle C1, Title 12, Local Government Code, or a federally | ||
| recognized Indian tribe, as listed by the United States secretary | ||
| of the interior under 25 U.S.C. Section 5131, any real property | ||
| owned by the state that the legislature has authorized or the | ||
| governor has approved for sale under Subchapter E if the | ||
| commissioner determines the sale is in the best interest of the | ||
| state. | ||
| 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, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1406 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 13, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 4, 3 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1406 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
