Tex. Local Government Code § 263.055
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 263.055, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 263.055. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY FROM COUNTY TO TEXAS A&I UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, INC.
Official statutory text
(a) A county may convey surplus personal or real property of the county at a private sale to Texas A&I University Foundation, Inc., for any fair consideration approved by the commissioners court of the county.
(b) Property conveyed under this section must be used for higher education purposes in the county that conveyed the property. If at any time after the date a conveyance of real property is executed under this section the real property is used for a purpose other than a higher education purpose, ownership of the property reverts to the county that conveyed the property.
(c) For a conveyance under this section to be effective, the commissioners court must authorize the conveyance by an order entered in its minutes. The order must:
(1) describe the property to be conveyed;
(2) state the consideration to be paid; and
(3) direct the county judge of the county to execute in the name of the county a conveyance to Texas A&I University Foundation, Inc., and to promptly make the conveyance on payment of the consideration to the appropriate officer of the county.
(d) An instrument of conveyance executed by the county judge must be in the form and contain the covenants and warranties prescribed by the commissioners court.
(b) Property conveyed under this section must be used for higher education purposes in the county that conveyed the property. If at any time after the date a conveyance of real property is executed under this section the real property is used for a purpose other than a higher education purpose, ownership of the property reverts to the county that conveyed the property.
(c) For a conveyance under this section to be effective, the commissioners court must authorize the conveyance by an order entered in its minutes. The order must:
(1) describe the property to be conveyed;
(2) state the consideration to be paid; and
(3) direct the county judge of the county to execute in the name of the county a conveyance to Texas A&I University Foundation, Inc., and to promptly make the conveyance on payment of the consideration to the appropriate officer of the county.
(d) An instrument of conveyance executed by the county judge must be in the form and contain the covenants and warranties prescribed by the commissioners court.
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