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HB 5472

AN ACT relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Health

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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Health

Bill Text

relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Health
and Human Services Commission to the Bexar County Board of Trustees
for Mental Health Mental Retardation Services d/b/a The Center for
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  (a)  In this section:
(1)  "Center" means the Bexar County Board of Trustees
for Mental Health Mental Retardation Services d/b/a The Center for
(2)  "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
(b)  The commission may transfer to the center the real
property described by Section 2 of this Act:
(1)  including improvements to the property; and
(2)  excluding the mineral interests in and under the
(c)  Consideration for the transfer authorized by Subsection
(b) of this section shall be in the form of an agreement between the
commission and the center that requires the center to use the
property in a manner that primarily promotes a public purpose of the
state by using the property to provide community-based mental
health or mental retardation services and to report to the
commission not less than once every three months regarding the
center's use of the property.  The construction, renovation,
repair, or other maintenance of property described by Section 2 of
this Act undertaken to facilitate the property's use to provide
community-based mental health or mental retardation services is
considered use of the property in the manner described by this
(d)  If the center fails to use the property in the manner
described by an agreement under Subsection (c) of this section for
more than 365 continuous days, ownership of the property
automatically reverts to the commission.
(e)  The commission shall transfer the property by a deed
(1)  is without warranties regarding covenants of
(2)  includes a provision that:
(i)  use the property in a manner that
primarily promotes a public purpose of the state by using the
property to provide community-based mental health and mental
(ii)  report to the commission not less than
once every three months regarding the center's use of the property;
(B)  indicates that ownership of the property
automatically reverts to the commission if the center fails to use
the property in the manner described by Paragraph (A) of this
subdivision for more than 365 continuous days.
(1)  the state's interest in all oil, gas, and other
minerals in and under the real property described by Section 2 of
(2)  the state's right to remove from the real property
described by Section 2 of this Act any oil, gas, and other minerals
in and under the real property; and
(3)  the state's right to grant a lease held by the
state before a conveyance of real property described by Section 2 of
this Act relating to the removal of oil, gas, and other minerals in
(g)  Sections 533.084 and 533.087, Health and Safety Code,
and Sections 31.1571 and 31.158, Natural Resources Code, do not
apply to a transfer of real property authorized by this Act.
SECTION 2.  The real property to which Section 1 of this Act
applies is situated in Bexar County, Texas, and is described more
Lots 34, and 35, Block 1, WOODLAKE, UNIT 7E, Bexar County,
Texas, according to plat thereof recorded in Volume 9503, pages
151-152, Deed and Plat Records of Bexar County, Texas and more
commonly known as 6718 Calm Lake Road, San Antonio, Texas 78244.
SECTION 3.  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.  If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Bill History

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Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Health