By Najera H.B. No. 2258 76R7790 GWK-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the disposition of certain stolen property. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Article 47.01a, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-5 amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-6 (e) A governmental agency may take title to property 1-7 delivered to the agency under Subsection (b)(1) free and clear of 1-8 all liens and claims of ownership if: 1-9 (1) the property is subject to Chapter 501, 1-10 Transportation Code, or Subchapter B-1, Chapter 31, Parks and 1-11 Wildlife Code; and 1-12 (2) notice of the hearing under this article was 1-13 provided by certified mail not later than the 10th day before the 1-14 date the hearing was held to: 1-15 (A) the last known registered owner of the 1-16 property; and 1-17 (B) any recorded lienholder of the property. 1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-19 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.