Bill Text: TX HB2584 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to donate surplus real property of negligible or negative value to certain private persons.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2584 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2584-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2584 |
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relating to authorizing certain municipalities to donate surplus | ||
real property of negligible or negative value to certain private | ||
persons. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 253, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 253.013 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 253.013. DONATION OF REAL PROPERTY OF NEGLIGIBLE OR | ||
NEGATIVE VALUE TO CERTAIN PRIVATE PERSONS. (a) This section | ||
applies only to a municipality with a population greater than | ||
150,000 and less than 200,000 that is located in three counties. | ||
(b) The governing body of a municipality to which this | ||
section applies may determine that real property located inside the | ||
boundaries of the municipality and owned by the municipality is | ||
surplus real property of negligible or negative value if: | ||
(1) the property is not improved, including by having | ||
a structure on it or by being paved; | ||
(2) ownership of the property does not provide any | ||
identifiable positive benefit to the municipality in relation to | ||
the municipality's current needs; | ||
(3) ownership of the property is not likely to provide | ||
any identifiable positive benefit to the municipality in relation | ||
to the municipality's future needs; and | ||
(4) the cost of maintaining the property is a | ||
substantial burden to the municipality. | ||
(c) The governing body of a municipality that makes a | ||
determination under Subsection (b) shall adopt written findings and | ||
conclusions regarding the determination made. | ||
(d) The governing body of a municipality that makes a | ||
determination under Subsection (b) that certain real property is | ||
surplus real property of negligible or negative value may donate | ||
that property to a private person who owns property adjacent to the | ||
surplus real property of negligible or negative value. | ||
(e) Section 272.001 does not apply to a conveyance of | ||
property authorized by this section. | ||
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, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2584 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2584 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |