TITLE: Relating to authorizing the sale of certain real property in Brazoria County by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice.

SUMMARY: Relating to authorizing the sale of certain real property in Brazoria County by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to authorizing the sale of certain real property in Brazoria County by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR SALE. (a) Not later than January 1, 2014, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall sell to Brazoria County the real property specified in Section 2 of this Act at fair market value without the requirement of a sealed bid if: (1) the board receives an offer from the county to purchase the property at fair market value; and (2) the county acquires the property for a public purpose. (b) The sale shall exclude all mineral interests in and under the property, and the deed shall contain a provision prohibiting any exploration, drilling, or other similar intrusion on the property related to mineral interests. SECTION 2. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice property to be sold as provided by Section 1 of this Act consists of approximately 332 acres, more or less, being part of that 7,424.4 tract or parcel of land conveyed to the Prison Commission of the State of Texas as recorded in Book 145, Page 242 of the Deed Records Brazoria County, Texas, said 332 acres, more or less, being out of the Jared E. Groce grant in Brazoria County, Texas, near Angleton, Texas, bounded by the Brazoria County Airport property to the West and State Highway 288 to the East, the northern boundary being the northern boundary of the said 7,424.4 tract or parcel of land, the southern boundary being the northern boundary of a tract or parcel of land conveyed to RH Retrieve, Ltd. as recorded as Document # 2007018866 in the Official Public Records of Brazoria County, Texas. 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.