By: Martin H.B. No. 228
73R1778 LJD-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the release of a mechanic's, contractor's, or
1-3 materialman's lien.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 53.152(a), Property Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (a) When a debt for labor or materials is satisfied or paid
1-8 by collected funds, the person who furnished the labor or materials
1-9 shall, not later than the 10th day after the date of satisfaction
1-10 or payment <receipt of a written request>, furnish to the owner
1-11 <requesting person> a release of the indebtedness and any lien
1-12 claimed, to the extent of the indebtedness paid. <An owner, the
1-13 original contractor, or any person making the payment may request
1-14 the release.>
1-15 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-20 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-21 passage, and it is so enacted.