Bill Text: TX HB844 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the sale or lease of property by certain municipalities owning land near the shoreline of certain lakes.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB844 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB844-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 844 | ||
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| relating to the sale or lease of property by certain municipalities | ||
| owning land near the shoreline of certain lakes. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 272.001(h), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (h) A municipality having a population of 825,000 [ |
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| or less and owning land within 5,000 feet of where the shoreline of | ||
| a lake would be if the lake were filled to its storage capacity may, | ||
| without notice or the solicitation of bids, sell the land to the | ||
| person leasing the land for the fair market value of the land as | ||
| determined by a certified appraiser. While land described by this | ||
| subsection is under lease, the municipality owning the land may not | ||
| sell the land to any person other than the person leasing the land. | ||
| To protect the public health, safety, or welfare and to ensure an | ||
| adequate municipal water supply, property sold by the municipality | ||
| under this subsection is not eligible for and the owner is not | ||
| entitled to the exemption provided by Section 11.142(a), Water | ||
| Code. The instrument conveying property under this subsection must | ||
| include a provision stating that the exemption does not apply to the | ||
| conveyance. In this subsection, "lake" means an inland body of | ||
| standing water, including a reservoir formed by impounding the | ||
| water of a river or creek but not including an impoundment of salt | ||
| water or brackish water, that has a storage capacity of more than | ||
| 10,000 acre-feet. | ||
| 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. 844 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 844 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
