TITLE: Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Transportation to the University of Houston.

SUMMARY: Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Transportation to the University of Houston.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Transportation to the University of Houston. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. (a) Not later than December 31, 2025, the Texas Department of Transportation shall donate and transfer to the University of Houston the real property described by Subsection (e) of this section. (b) The University of Houston may use the property transferred under this Act only for a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state. If the University of Houston uses the property for any purpose other than a purpose described by this subsection, ownership of the property automatically reverts to the Texas Department of Transportation. (c) The Texas Department of Transportation shall transfer the property by an appropriate instrument of transfer. The instrument of transfer must: (1) provide that: (A) the University of Houston may use the property only for a purpose that benefits the public interest of the state; and (B) ownership of the property will automatically revert to the Texas Department of Transportation if the University of Houston uses the property for any purpose other than a purpose described by Paragraph (A) of this subdivision; and (2) describe the property to be transferred by metes and bounds. (d) The Texas Department of Transportation shall retain custody of the instrument of transfer after the instrument of transfer is filed in the real property records of Fort Bend County. (e) The real property referred to in this section consists of the following six tracts of land: 1 Parcel: P00074662 (S1) Address of Property Owner: N/A ROW CSJ: 0500-03-616 Owner: State of Texas Property Address: West line of Milam Street, Houston, TX 77002 Property Location: West line of Milam Street, north of Washington Avenue and south of Interstate Highway 10 Legal Description: 1.06 acres (46,067 square feet) tract being out of North Side of Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, Texas 2 Parcel: P00074663 (S2) Address of Property Owner: N/A ROW CSJ: 0500-03-616 Owner: State of Texas Property Address: 0 Interstate Highway 10, Houston, TX 77002 Property Location: Northeast corner of Milam Street and Girard Street Legal Description: 2.40 acres (104,502 square feet) tract being out of North Side of Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, Texas 3 Parcel: P00074664 (S3) Address of Property Owner: N/A ROW CSJ: 0500-03-616 Owner: State of Texas Property Address: West line of North Main Street, Houston, TX 77002 Property Location: West line of North Main Street at Wood Street Legal Description: 1.22 acres (53,245 square feet) tract being out of North Side of Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, Texas 4 Parcel: P00074665 (S4) Address of Property Owner: N/A ROW CSJ: 0500-08-002 Owner: State of Texas Property Address: 0 Interstate Highway 10, Houston, TX 77002 Property Location: Northeast corner of North Main Street and Wood Street Legal Description: 0.91 acre (39,557 square feet) tract being out of North Side of Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, Texas 5 Parcel: P00074666 (S5) Address of Property Owner: N/A ROW CSJ: 0500-08-002 Owner: State of Texas Property Address: 0 Interstate Highway 10, Houston, TX 77002 Property Location: Northwest corner of Rothwell Street and North San Jacinto Street Legal Description: 0.84 acre (36,680 square feet) tract being out of North Side of Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, Texas 6 Parcel: P00074667 (S6) Address of Property Owner: N/A ROW CSJ: 0500-08-002 Owner: State of Texas Property Address: 0 Interstate Highway 10, Houston, TX 77002 Property Location: Northeast corner of Rothwell Street and North San Jacinto Street Legal Description: 5.16 acres (224,610 square feet) tract being out of North Side of Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, Texas SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.