Relating to authorizing the sale or lease by the State of Texas of certain real property located in Austin, Texas.

89(R) HB 897 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R17425 RAL-F

By: Howard

H.B. No. 897

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 897:

By: Gates

C.S.H.B. No. 897

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to authorizing the sale or lease by the State of Texas of

certain real property located in Austin, Texas.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective

date of this Act, the General Land Office shall offer to sell or

lease the real property described by Section 2 of this Act under the

terms provided by this section.

(b) The General Land Office shall negotiate and close a

transaction under this section under Section 31.158, Natural

Resources Code. Proceeds from the transaction shall be deposited

in a new dedicated account in the general revenue fund, to be known

as the bicentennial Texas State Library and Archives Commission

fund. Proceeds from the bicentennial Texas State Library and

Archives Commission fund shall be used:

(1) for capital improvements to the Sam Houston

Regional Library and Research Center and the Lorenzo de Zavala

State Archives and Library Building; and

(2) to make original source materials more accessible

to the public.

(c) The sale or lease of the real property described by

Section 2 of this Act shall be contingent upon the construction and

occupation of an alternative state records facility that replaces

the facility being operated on the real property by the Texas State

Library and Archives Commission on the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 2. The real property to which Section 1 of this Act

applies is situated in Travis County, Texas, and more particularly

described as follows:

20.3127 acres, more or less, located at 4400 Shoal Creek

Boulevard in Austin, Travis County, Texas, and having a legal

description of ABS 697 SUR 7 SPEAR G W ACR 20.3127.

SECTION 3. (a) In this section, "commission" means the

Health and Human Services Commission.

(b) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this

Act, the commission may lease the real property described by

Section 4 of this Act under the terms provided by this section.

(c) The commission shall negotiate execution of one or more

leases under Section 533.087, Health and Safety Code. Proceeds from

a lease authorized by this section shall be deposited in the Texas

capital trust fund for the benefit of the commission.

(d) A lease of all or a portion of the real property

described by Section 4 of this Act must:

(1) provide for commission approval and restriction of

the lessee's proposed use of the property; and

(2) grant the commission easements to commission

properties adjacent to the leased property.

SECTION 4. The real property to which Section 3 of this Act

applies is situated in Travis County, Texas, and more particularly

described as follows:

Approximately 7.5 acres adjoining the south right of way line

of West 45th street and the East right of way line of Lamar Blvd.,

located in Austin, Travis County, Texas, and furthermore being

described as located in LOTS 79, 80 AND 82, DIVISION D OF THE

GOVERNMENT OUTLOTS on file in the General Land Office.

SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.