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TX SB2139

Bill

Status

Passed

6/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Phil King

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Origin

Senate

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Texas Military Department is authorized to negotiate and release the state's reversionary interest in property in Palo Pinto County currently owned by the Palo Pinto County Livestock Association

  • The department must determine the fair market value of the property at the time it was originally transferred to the City of Mineral Wells in 1953, as well as the current value of any state-retained interests in buildings and structures on the property

  • The department must evaluate whether the state has already received adequate consideration through the property's decades of use as a fair, livestock show, and rodeo ground serving a public purpose

  • If fair market value has been received through public use, the state's interests may be released without additional payment; otherwise, monetary compensation for the remaining value owed must be negotiated

  • The property consists of approximately 37 acres in Section 13 of the T. & P. R. R. Co. Surveys in Palo Pinto County, originally conveyed to the state in 1937

Legislative Description

Relating to the authority of the Texas Military Department to negotiate the release of a reversionary interest and certain other interests of the state in certain property in Palo Pinto County owned by the Palo Pinto County Livestock Association.

Property Interests

Last Action

Effective immediately

6/20/2025

Committee Referrals

Culture, Recreation & Tourism5/2/2025
Business & Commerce3/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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