Bill Text: TX SB71 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the transfer of certain state real property to the City of San Marcos.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-24 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB71 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB71-Introduced.html
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By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 71 |
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relating to the transfer of certain state real property to the City | ||
of San Marcos. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) Subject to Section 2 of this Act, not later | ||
than January 1, 2018, the State of Texas shall transfer by deed | ||
without warranty of title to the City of San Marcos all real | ||
property owned by the State of Texas in the bed and along the banks | ||
of the San Marcos River located within the city limits of the City | ||
of San Marcos as those limits exist on the effective date of this | ||
Act. | ||
(b) Before the real property described by Subsection (a) of | ||
this section may be transferred, a survey of the real property must | ||
be conducted by or under the direction of the General Land Office. | ||
(c) Consideration for the transfer authorized by Subsection | ||
(a) of this section shall be in the form of an agreement between the | ||
State of Texas and the City of San Marcos that requires the City of | ||
San Marcos to primarily promote a public purpose of the state by | ||
providing protection of health and general welfare, providing | ||
recreation, beautification, and civic improvement, and providing | ||
police protection in the bed and along the banks of the San Marcos | ||
River within the city limits of the City of San Marcos. | ||
(d) The City of San Marcos shall reimburse the General Land | ||
Office for the fees and expenses incurred by the General Land Office | ||
in connection with the transfer of the real property under this Act. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Ownership of the property automatically | ||
reverts to the State of Texas if the City of San Marcos: | ||
(1) fails to promote a public purpose of the state as | ||
described by Section 1(c) of this Act; or | ||
(2) sells all or any part of the property. | ||
(b) The state reserves: | ||
(1) the state's interest in all oil, gas, and other | ||
minerals in and under the real property described by Section 1 of | ||
this Act; | ||
(2) the state's right to remove from the real property | ||
described by Section 1 of this Act any oil, gas, and other minerals | ||
in and under the real property; and | ||
(3) the state's right to grant a lease held by the | ||
state before a conveyance of real property described by Section 1 of | ||
this Act relating to the removal of oil, gas, and other minerals in | ||
and under the real property. | ||
(c) Sections 31.1571 and 31.158, Natural Resources Code, do | ||
not apply to the transfer of real property authorized by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2017. |