Bill Text: TX HB2610 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the term for a lease of land owned by certain navigation districts.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2610 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2610-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2610 |
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relating to the term for a lease of land owned by certain navigation | ||
districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 60.039, Water Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [ |
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commission may lease the surface of land for not more than 50 years | ||
by the entry of an order on the minutes of the commission and the | ||
execution of a lease in the manner provided by the original order. | ||
The lease may not be extended beyond the 50-year period by renewal, | ||
extension, or otherwise. | ||
(c) This subsection applies only to a district that operates | ||
a port in this state that is wholly located in a county that borders | ||
the Gulf of Mexico and that is adjacent to a county that contains an | ||
international border and borders the Gulf of Mexico. The district | ||
may lease the surface of land for not more than 99 years or may | ||
extend a lease to a period not to exceed 99 years only if: | ||
(1) the lease conveys an interest in the surface of the | ||
land for residential purposes only; | ||
(2) at the time the lease will be entered into or | ||
extended, the district has not less than 50 leases in effect that | ||
convey an interest in the land surface for residential purposes | ||
only; and | ||
(3) any part of the land owned by the district is | ||
subdivided into lots intended for residential use. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2610 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2610 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |