By Pitts H.B. No. 225 75R1580 MLS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the statute of limitations applying to a lien debt on 1-3 real property. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 16.035, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, 1-6 is amended by adding a new Subsection (f) and relettering the 1-7 existing Subsection (f) as Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-8 (f) The limitations period under this section is not 1-9 affected by Section 3.118, Business & Commerce Code. 1-10 (g) In this section, "lien debt" means: 1-11 (1) a superior title retained by a vendor in a deed of 1-12 conveyance or a purchase money note; or 1-13 (2) a vendor's lien, a mortgage, a deed of trust, a 1-14 voluntary mechanic's lien, or a voluntary materialman's lien on 1-15 real estate, securing a note or other written obligation. 1-16 SECTION 2. Section 16.036, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, 1-17 is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-18 (e) The limitations period under this section is not 1-19 affected by Section 3.118, Business & Commerce Code. 1-20 SECTION 3. Section 3.118, Business & Commerce Code, is 1-21 amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: 1-22 (h) This section does not apply to an action involving a 1-23 lien debt on real property covered by Section 16.035 or 16.036, 1-24 Civil Practice and Remedies Code. 2-1 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-6 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-7 passage, and it is so enacted.