Bill Text: TX HB997 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to approval and recording requirements for certain conveyances of land owned by political subdivisions to the United States.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-29 - Left pending in committee [HB997 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB997-Introduced.html
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| By: Capriglione | H.B. No. 997 | |
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| relating to approval and recording requirements for certain | ||
| conveyances of land owned by political subdivisions to the United | ||
| States. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 272, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 272.0001 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 272.0001. GOVERNOR'S APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN | ||
| CONVEYANCES OF LAND. (a) A political subdivision must provide the | ||
| governor with advance notice of a proposed conveyance of land owned | ||
| by the political subdivision to the United States. The notice must | ||
| be sent to the governor not later than the 30th day before the date: | ||
| (1) notice is published under Section 272.001; or | ||
| (2) the land is offered for sale or exchange, if | ||
| Section 272.001 is not applicable to the sale or exchange. | ||
| (b) In addition to the advance notice of the proposed | ||
| conveyance to the United States, the political subdivision shall | ||
| submit to the governor a formal request for approval of the sale or | ||
| exchange. The political subdivision may conduct the sale or | ||
| exchange unless the governor gives the political subdivision | ||
| written notice disapproving the sale or exchange. The governor | ||
| must provide written notice of disapproval under this section not | ||
| later than the 30th day after the date the governor receives the | ||
| written request for approval. | ||
| (c) This section does not apply to the sale or exchange of | ||
| public land for use as a federal post office. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 272, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 272.007 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 272.007. INFORMATION ABOUT CERTAIN CONVEYANCES OF LAND | ||
| POSTED ON WEBSITE. (a) The General Land Office shall post | ||
| information relating to the conveyance of any public land by a | ||
| political subdivision to the United States, including land sold or | ||
| exchanged for use as a federal post office, on the agency's Internet | ||
| website. The information must be publicly accessible and include | ||
| the following for each sale or exchange: | ||
| (1) the entity acquiring the land; | ||
| (2) the entity offering the land for sale or exchange; | ||
| (3) the purchase price of the land or the value of the | ||
| property for which the land was exchanged; and | ||
| (4) the date of the sale or exchange. | ||
| (b) A political subdivision shall provide the General Land | ||
| Office the information described by Subsection (a) not later than | ||
| the 30th day after the date the land is sold or exchanged. | ||
| (c) The commissioner of the General Land Office shall adopt | ||
| any rules necessary to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act do not apply | ||
| to the sale or exchange of land for which: | ||
| (1) notice of the offer of the sale or exchange is | ||
| published under Section 272.001, Local Government Code, before the | ||
| effective date of this Act; or | ||
| (2) the offer of the sale or exchange is made before | ||
| the effective date of this Act, if Section 272.001, Local | ||
| Government Code, does not apply to the sale or exchange. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
