By Junell H.B. No. 1174
76R1558 CAS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to preparation of an abstract of judgment in an action to
1-3 establish a lien on real property.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 52.002(b), Property Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (b) A person in whose favor a judgment is rendered in a
1-8 [court other than a] small claims court, [or] a justice court, or
1-9 another court or the person's agent, attorney, or assignee may
1-10 prepare the abstract of judgment. The abstract of judgment must be
1-11 verified by the person preparing the abstract.
1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
1-13 applies to an action filed before, on, or after that date.
1-14 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.