Bill Text: TX HB2944 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to authorizing the sale or transfer of the G. J. Sutton Building Complex in San Antonio.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2944 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2944-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 2944

AN ACT
relating to authorizing the sale or transfer of the G. J. Sutton
Building Complex in San Antonio.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) As soon as practical, subject to Subsection
(b) of this section, the General Land Office shall offer for sale or
transfer on behalf of the state the real property known as the
G. J. Sutton Building Complex in San Antonio and described by
Subsection (d) of this section. The General Land Office shall
conduct the sale or transfer under this Act using the procedures
under Section 31.158, Natural Resources Code.
(b) The General Land Office may not sell or transfer the
real property described by Subsection (d) of this section unless
the conveyance includes covenants, conditions, or restrictions
that require:
(1) the proper disposal of the contaminated soil on
the property in accordance with state and federal environmental
regulations, unless the soil is disposed of before the conveyance;
(2) the use of the name "G. J. Sutton" as the name for
the property or a building located on the property; and
(3) Lot 32 of Tract 4, as described by Subsection (d)
of this section, to have not more than 50 public parking spaces.
(c) The sale of the real property authorized by this section
must comply with 26 C.F.R. Sections 1.141-12(a), (b), (c), and (e).
This subsection prevails to the extent of any conflict between this
subsection and any provision of this Act or any other law.
(d
) The real property that must be offered for sale or
transfer under this Act is the four tracts of land described as
follows:
TRACT 1:
Being a 2.916-acre (127,006 square feet) parcel of land located in
City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, said 2.916-acre parcel
being all in New City Block 581, City of San Antonio, Bexar County,
Texas, as conveyed to the State of Texas in deed recorded under Vol.
7711, Page. 343, Official Public Records of Real Property of Bexar
County, Texas (O.P.R.B.C.T), save and except that called
0.8942-acre tract conveyed to Texas Public Finance Authority by
deed recorded under Volume 5493, Page 1046, 0.P.R.B.C.T. and that
called 0.2969-acre tract conveyed to Texas Public Finance Authority
by deed recorded under Volume 4203, Page 4, 0.P.R.B.C.T, said
2.916-acre parcel of land being more particularly described by
metes and bounds as follows (all bearings based on the North
American Datum of 1983, 2011 Adjustment, Epoch 2010.00, Texas
Coordinate System, South Central Zone):
COMMENCING at an existing building corner found at the southeast
corner of said New City Block 581 at the intersection of the
westerly right-of-way line of N. Cherry Street (right-of-way width
varies) with the northerly right-of-way line of N. Center Street
(55.6' wide), same being the southeast corner of said called
0.8942-acre tract;
THENCE, S 89° 34' 57" W, along said existing northerly right-of-way
line of N. Center Street, a distance of 93.50 feet to a 'x' in
concrete set for the POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein described
tract, said point also being the southwest corner of the called
0.8942-acre tract and the southeast corner herein described tract;
THENCE, S 89° 34' 57" W, continuing with said northerly right-of-way
of N. Center Street, a distance of 27.08 feet to a 'X' in concrete
set for the southeast corner of said 0.2969-acre tract;
THENCE, N 00° 31' 19" W, with the easterly line of said 0.2969-acre
tract, a distance of 177.68 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for
the northeast corner of said 0.2969-acre tract;
THENCE, S 89° 28' 42" W, with the northerly line of said 0.2969-acre
tract, a distance of 72.69 feet to an 'x' in concrete set for the
northwest corner of said 0.2969-acre tract;
THENCE, S 00° 25' 08" E, with the westerly line of said 0.2969-acre
tract, a distance of 177.55 feet to a fence post found for the
southwest corner of said 0.2969-acre tract in the northerly
right-of-way line of N. Center Street;
THENCE, S 89° 34' 57" W, with said northerly right-of-way line of N.
Center Street, a distance of 236.71 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with
cap stamped "Vickrey Prop. Cor." set for the southwest corner of the
herein described tract in the easterly line of the Union Pacific
Railroad right-of-way (89.8 feet wide);
THENCE, N 00° 09' 41" W, with said easterly line of the Union Pacific
Railroad right-of-way, a distance of 416.65 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
rod with cap stamped "Vickrey Prop. Cor." Set in the southerly
right-of-way line of E. Crockett Street (57.8-foot width), for the
northwest corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE, N 89° 45' 28" E, with said southerly line of E. Crockett
Street, a distance of 335.80 feet to an 'X' in concrete set for the
northwest corner of the called 0.8942-acre tract and the northeast
corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE, S 00° 17' 57" E, with the westerly line of said called
0.8942-acre tract, a distance of 415.62 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING and containing 2.916-acres (127,006 square feet) of land.
TRACT 2:
Being a 0.8918-acre (38,847 square feet) parcel of land located in
the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, said 0.8918-acre
parcel being portions of Lots 6 and 15 and all of Lots 7 and 16 of
New City Block 581, and also being all of that called 0.8942-acre
tract conveyed to Texas Public Finance Authority by deed recorded
under Volume 5493, Page 1046, Official Public Records of Real
Property of Bexar County, Texas (O.P.R.B.C.T.); said 0.8918-acre
parcel of land being more particularly described by metes and
bounds as follows (all bearings based on the North American Datum of
1983, 2011 Adjustment, Epoch 2010.00, Texas Coordinate System,
South Central Zone):
BEGINNING at an existing building corner found at the southeast
corner of said New City Block 581 at the intersection of the
westerly right-of-way line of N. Cherry Street (right-of-way width
varies) with the northerly right-of-way line of Center Street
(55.6' wide), same being the southeast corner of the called
0.8942-acre tract and the herein described tract;
THENCE, S 89° 34' 57" W, along said existing northerly right-of-way
line of N. Center Street, a distance of 93.50 feet to an 'X' in
concrete set for the southwest corner of the called 0.8942-acre
tract and the herein described tract;
THENCE, N 00° 17' 57" W, a distance of 415.62 feet to an 'X' in
concrete set in the southerly right-of-way line of E. Crockett
Street for the northwest corner of the called 0.8942-acre tract and
the herein described tract, being in the southerly right-of-way
line of E. Crockett Street (57.8' wide);
THENCE, N 89° 45' 28" E, along said southerly right-of-way line of E.
Crockett Street, a distance of 93.50 feet to an 'X' in concrete set
at the intersection of said southerly right-of-way line of E.
Crockett Street with said westerly right-of-way line of N. Cherry
Street, for the northeast corner of the called 0.8942-acre tract
and the herein described tract;
THENCE, S 00° 17' 57" E, with said westerly right-of-way line of N.
Cherry Street, a distance of 415.33 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING
and containing 0.8918-acre (38,847 square feet) of land.
TRACT 3:
Being a 0.2970-acre (12,939 square feet) parcel of land located in
the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, said 0.2970-acre
parcel being all of Lot 14 and a portion of Lots 13 and 15 of New
City Block 581, and also being all of that called 0.2969-acre tract
conveyed to Texas Public Finance Authority by deed recorded under
Volume 4203, Page 4, Official Public Records of Real Property of
Bexar County, Texas (O.P.R.B.C.T.), said 0.2970-acre parcel of land
being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows
(all bearings based on the North American Datum of 1983, 2011
Adjustment, Epoch 2010.00, Texas Coordinate System, South Central
Zone):
COMMENCING at an existing building corner found at the southeast
corner of said New City Block 581 at the intersection of the
westerly right-of-way line of N. Cherry Street (right-of-way
varies) with the northerly right-of-way line of N. Center Street
(55.6' wide), same being the southeast corner of a called
0.8942-acre tract conveyed to Texas Public Finance Authority by
deed recorded under Volume 5493, Page 1046, O.P.R.B.C.T.;
THENCE, S 89° 34' 57" W, along said existing northerly right-of-way
line of N. Center Street, a distance of 120.58 feet to an 'X' in
concrete set for the POINT OF BEGINNING and southeast corner of the
called 0.2969-acre tract and the herein described tract;
THENCE, S 89° 34' 57" W, continuing along said existing northerly
right-of-way line of N. Center Street, a distance of 73.01 feet to a
fence corner found for the southwest corner of the called
0.2969-acre tract and the herein described tract;
THENCE, N 00° 25' 08" W, a distance of 177.55 feet to an 'X' in
concrete set for the northwest corner of the called 0.2969-acre
tract and the herein described tract;
THENCE, N 89° 28' 42" E, a distance of 72.69 feet to a 1/2-inch iron
rod found for the northeast corner of the called 0.2969-acre tract
and the herein described tract;
THENCE, S 00° 31' 19" E, a distance of 177.68 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING and containing 0.2970-acre (12,939 square feet) of land.
TRACT 4:
Lots 32, 33 and 34, Block B-13, New City Block 574, Merchants
Subdivision, an Addition to the City of San Antonio, Bexar County,
Texas, according to a plat thereof recorded in Volume 9510, Page
135, Deed and Plat Records, Bexar County, Texas.
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, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2944 was passed by the House on May 3,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2944 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 17,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2944 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor