TITLE: Relating to authorizing the board of regents of The University of Texas System to acquire certain property in the city of Arlington.

SUMMARY: Relating to authorizing the board of regents of The University of Texas System to acquire certain property in the city of Arlington.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to authorizing the board of regents of The University of Texas System to acquire certain property in the city of Arlington. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The board of regents of The University of Texas System may acquire by purchase, exchange, gift, or otherwise, for campus expansion and other university purposes of The University of Texas at Arlington, all or part of the parcel of land described as: One tract of land in the city of Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas, more specifically described as follows: BEGINNING at the corner of UTA Boulevard and South Center Street; THENCE South along South Center Street to the intersection of South Center Street and East Mitchell Street; THENCE East along East Mitchell Street to the intersection of East Mitchell Street and South Mesquite Street; THENCE North along South Mesquite Street to the intersection of South Mesquite Street and UTA Boulevard; THENCE West along E.Border Street to the beginning intersection at the corner of E.Border Street and South Center Street. SECTION 2. The title to the land shall be taken in the name of the board of regents of The University of Texas System and shall be subject to the control and management of the board in the manner and to the extent that the lands now owned by The University of Texas System in fee simple are held and controlled. SECTION 3. This Act does not grant the state or The University of Texas System the power of eminent domain over the tract of land. SECTION 4. 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.