By: Blackwood H.B. No. 711 73R3763 DWS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the storage and sale of certain vehicles. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 70.006(a), Property Code, is amended to 1-5 read as follows: 1-6 (a) A holder of a lien under this subchapter on a motor 1-7 vehicle subject to the Certificate of Title Act, as amended 1-8 (Article 6687-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), or on a motorboat, 1-9 vessel, or outboard motor for which a certificate of title is 1-10 required under Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Parks and Wildlife Code, 1-11 as amended, who retains possession of the vehicle, motorboat, 1-12 vessel, or outboard motor for 30 days after the day that the 1-13 charges accrue shall give written notice to the owner and each 1-14 holder of a lien recorded on the certificate of title. The notice 1-15 must be sent by certified mail with return receipt requested and 1-16 must include the amount of the charges and a request for payment. 1-17 The holder of a lien under this subchapter is not required as a 1-18 condition of sale under Subsection (b) to obtain a release of a 1-19 lien held by a person to whom the holder of the lien under this 1-20 subchapter has given notice as provided by this section. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.