Bill Text: TX HB2963 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the conveyance of certain state forest land in Cherokee County under the control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-29 - Effective immediately [HB2963 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2963-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2963 | ||
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| relating to the conveyance of certain state forest land in Cherokee | ||
| County under the control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M | ||
| University System. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE BY THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. | ||
| The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may convey | ||
| the following described real property: | ||
| BEING 156.38 acres of land in the G. W. BRASHEAR SURVEY, | ||
| ABSTRACT No. 114, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS, and being all of that | ||
| Tract 2 called 158.27 acres from Texas State Hospitals & Special | ||
| Schools to Texas Forest Service, Part of Texas Agricultural & | ||
| Mechanical College System on September 3, 1963 and recorded in | ||
| Volume 541, Page 557 of the Deed Records of Cherokee County, Texas | ||
| (hereinafter shown as volume/page, DR, LR for Land Records, OR for | ||
| Official Records), and called 156.60 acres in a ReSurvey made by | ||
| Frank Speary, RPS No. 777, dated January 17, 1964, but not | ||
| recorded: BEARINGS are based on the Texas Coordinate System of | ||
| 1983, Texas Central Zone per GPS observations: All coordinates are | ||
| U.S. Survey Feet, NAD83(2011) Epoch 2010.000 per Trimble VRS | ||
| Network Solutions: At the point of beginning, the angle of | ||
| convergence is 02°39'04" and the combined scale factor is 0.9999525: | ||
| To get geodetic bearings, rotate the bearings recited herein, | ||
| clockwise, by the angle of convergence: All distances are grid and | ||
| to get surface distances, divide the distances recited herein by | ||
| the combined scale factor: w/cap = a plastic cap marked Affiliated | ||
| Surveyors: SEE PLAT: | ||
| BEGINNING at a 2" iron pipe found in a fence for the Northeast | ||
| comer of said 158.27 acres, the Southeast corner of that 80.00 acres | ||
| from Richard & Scott Watson to Rodney Newman on September 21, 2018 | ||
| in 2456/559, OR, and in the West line of that Tract 1 called 57.3 | ||
| acres S&E 2.00 acres from Billy & Bessie Lankford to Billy & Bessie | ||
| Lankford, Trustees on December 31, 2016 in 2360/336, OR, same | ||
| having a state plane coordinate with a Northing of 10643943.982 | ||
| feet and an Easting of 3895719.774 feet, from which a 1/2" steel rod | ||
| w/cap found for an angle point in the East line of said 80.00 acres | ||
| and for the Northwest corner of said 57.3 acres is North 02°42'13" | ||
| West, 78.10 feet; | ||
| THENCE South 03°18'46" East, with the East line of said 158.27 | ||
| acres and the West line of said 57.3 acres, 798.11 feet to a 5"x5" | ||
| concrete monument found at a x-tie fence corner for the Southwest | ||
| corner of said 57.3 acres and the Northwest corner of that 28 1/2 | ||
| acres from Billy & Bessie Lankford to Billy & Bessie Lankford, | ||
| Trustees on February 16, 2001 in 1488/280, OR; | ||
| THENCE South 03°09'00" East, with the East line of said 158.27 | ||
| acres and the West line of said 28 1/2 acres, 501.68 feet to a 1/2" | ||
| steel rod w/cap set in a pine stump hole for an angle point in the | ||
| East line of said 158.87 acres, the Southwest corner of said 28 1/2 | ||
| acres and the Northwest corner of that 32 1/2 acres from Billy & | ||
| Bessie Lankford to Billy & Bessie Lankford, Trustees on February | ||
| 16, 2001 in 1488/274, OR from which a fence corner is South 57°56' | ||
| West, 1.70 feet; | ||
| THENCE South 03°09'37" East, with the East line of said 158.27 | ||
| acres and the West line of said 32 1/2 acres in 1488/274, OR, and the | ||
| West line of that 32 1/2 acres from Billy & Bessie Lankford to Billy & | ||
| Bessie Lankford, Trustees on February 16, 2001 in 1488/277, OR, | ||
| 1389.58 feet to a 2" iron pipe with a pine knot inside and a nail in | ||
| the top of said pine knot for the Southeast corner of said 158.27 | ||
| acres, the Southwest corner of said 32 1/2 acres in 1488/277, OR, | ||
| and in the North line of that tract for 1/2 undivided interest in | ||
| 68.00 & 76.328 acres in Family Settlement Agreement from Phillip | ||
| Power et al to Phillip Power on June 21, 2005 in 1727/408, OR, with a | ||
| reference description for 150 acres from Gertrude Russell to | ||
| Winston Power et ux on May 12, 1975 in 685/614, DR; | ||
| THENCE South 87°12'02" West, with the South line of said | ||
| 158.27 acres, passing the Northwest corner of said 150 acres and the | ||
| most Northerly Northeast corner of that 25 acres from Stacy | ||
| Southerland to Robert & Wendy Boudreau on December 14, 2011 in | ||
| 2093/636, OR, continuing in all 2569.35 feet to a 1/2" steel rod | ||
| w/cap set for the Southwest corner of said 158.27 acres, the | ||
| Northwest corner of said 25 acres and In the occupied East line of | ||
| that Tract 2 called 36 acres from Edna Dickson to Carnie Wilkinson, | ||
| Jr. et ux on February 23, 1980 in 790/199, DR, with a reference | ||
| description in 107/582, DR, from which the center of a 21" Sweet Gum | ||
| fence corner (no marks) is South 82°30' East, 4.3 feet; | ||
| THENCE North 02°38'58" West, with the West line of said 158.27 | ||
| acres, passing the Northeast comer of said 36 acres and the | ||
| Southeast corner of that Tract 2 called 15 acres from Beverly | ||
| Parsons to Brenda Thigpen on September 7, 2017 in 2402/106, OR, with | ||
| a reference description in 84/376, DR, at 2593.66 feet pass a 1/2" | ||
| iron pipe at a 16" fence corner found for the Northeast corner of | ||
| said 15 acres and the Southeast corner of that Tract 4 called 4.65 | ||
| acres in 2402/106, OR, continuing in all 2647.05 feet to an axle | ||
| found in a 2" iron pipe at a x-tie fence corner by a large pointed | ||
| rock for the Northwest corner of said 158.27 acres and the Southwest | ||
| corner of said 80.00 acres; | ||
| THENCE with the common lines of said 80.00 acres and said | ||
| 158.27 acres as follows: | ||
| North 86°38'39" East, 1255.58 feet to an axle found, from | ||
| which found "X" to the center on an 18" Post Oak South 38° West, 4.0 | ||
| feet; | ||
| North 85°51'47" East, 1288.28 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING, | ||
| and containing within these calls, 156.36 acres of land. This tract | ||
| has no access to a public road. | ||
| SECTION 2. INTERESTS CONVEYED. The conveyance authorized | ||
| by this Act shall be of fee title to the surface and is exclusive of | ||
| all mineral rights. All instruments of conveyance shall be in a | ||
| form acceptable to The Texas A&M University System. | ||
| SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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. 2963 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2963 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
