By Solomons                                           H.B. No. 2135
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to establishing a mechanic's lien for landscaping
 1-3     installations.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 53.021, Property Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
 1-7           (d)  A person who provides labor, plant material, or other
 1-8     supplies for the installation of landscaping for a house, building,
 1-9     or improvement, including the construction of a retention pond,
1-10     retaining wall, berm, irrigation system, fountain, or other similar
1-11     installation, under or by virtue of a written contract with the
1-12     owner or the owner's agent, trustee, or receiver has a lien on the
1-13     property.
1-14           SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-15           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to a
1-16     contract executed on or after the effective date of this Act.
1-17           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-18     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-19     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-20     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-21     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.