By Lewis of Tarrant H.B. No. 1905 75R6286 PAM-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to permitting the filing of a lis pendens during the 1-3 pendency of certain proceedings. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 12.007(a) and (b), Property Code, are 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 (a) After the plaintiff's statement in an eminent domain 1-8 proceeding is filed, during the pendency of a municipal 1-9 administrative proceeding to enforce the municipality's police or 1-10 regulatory power involving real property, or during the pendency of 1-11 an action involving title to real property, the establishment of an 1-12 interest in real property, or the enforcement of an encumbrance 1-13 against real property, a party to the action who is seeking 1-14 affirmative relief may file for record with the county clerk of 1-15 each county where a part of the property is located a notice that 1-16 the action is pending. 1-17 (b) The party filing a lis pendens or the party's agent or 1-18 attorney shall sign the lis pendens, which must state: 1-19 (1) the style and number, if any, of the proceeding; 1-20 (2) the court in which or the municipal entity before 1-21 which the proceeding is pending; 1-22 (3) the names of the parties; 1-23 (4) the kind of proceeding; and 1-24 (5) a description of the property affected. 2-1 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-2 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to a 2-3 municipal administrative proceeding that begins on or after the 2-4 effective date of this Act. 2-5 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.