Bill Text: TX HB244 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 244 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the responsibilities of the Department of Family and Protective Services as trustee of the Parrie Haynes Trust.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-15 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB244 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB244-Introduced.html

	82R927 MAW-F

	By: Hartnett	H.B. No. 244



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the responsibilities of the Department of Family and
	Protective Services as trustee of the Parrie Haynes Trust.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code,
	is amended by adding Section 40.074 to read as follows:
	Sec. 40.074. PARRIE HAYNES TRUST. (a) In this section,
	"Parrie Haynes Trust" means the trust created by Parrie Haynes's
	will in 1957 that transferred the residuary estate to the State of
	Texas for the use and benefit of orphan children in the state.
	(b) The department shall serve as trustee for the Parrie
	Haynes Trust and shall:
	(1) administer the Parrie Haynes Trust, including all
	trust property and investments, for the benefit of children in the
	conservatorship of the state; and
	(2) prepare and publish annually a complete and
	detailed written statement of accounts for the Parrie Haynes Trust
	for the preceding fiscal year that includes the items described by
	Section 113.152, Property Code.
	(c) The department may lease or sell any property of the
	Parrie Haynes Trust, including the Parrie Haynes Ranch, and use the
	proceeds from the lease or sale for the benefit of the trust
	beneficiaries. The General Land Office shall negotiate and close a
	transaction involving real property under this subsection on behalf
	of the department using procedures under Section 31.158(c), Natural
	Resources Code.
	SECTION 2. Section 17, Chapter 952 (H.B. 3391), Acts of the
	81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is repealed.
	SECTION 3. On September 1, 2011:
	(1) all functions and activities performed by the
	Texas Youth Commission that relate to the Parrie Haynes Trust are
	transferred to the Department of Family and Protective Services;
	and
	(2) all property, including records, in the custody of
	the Texas Youth Commission related to the Parrie Haynes Trust
	becomes the property of the Department of Family and Protective
	Services and is transferred to the department in accordance with
	the plan created under Section 4 of this Act.
	SECTION 4. The Texas Youth Commission and the Department of
	Family and Protective Services shall establish a transition plan
	for the transfer described in Section 3 of this Act. The plan must
	include:
	(1) a timetable for any necessary or advisable
	movement of the physical location of property; and
	(2) an inventory of records and other property
	required to be transferred.
	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.