By Junell                                             H.B. No. 1174
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                                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.