By Solomons H.B. No. 1050
77R2218 CAS-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to liens on real property in favor of governmental
1-3 entities.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 51, Property Code, is amended by adding
1-6 Section 51.008 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 51.008. CERTAIN LIENS ON REAL PROPERTY. (a) A lien on
1-8 real property created under this code or another law of this state
1-9 in favor of a governmental entity must be recorded as provided by
1-10 Chapters 11 and 12 in the real property records of the county in
1-11 which the property or a portion of the property is located unless
1-12 the law establishing the lien expressly states that recording the
1-13 lien is not required.
1-14 (b) Any notice of the lien required by law must contain a
1-15 legal description of the property.
1-16 SECTION 2. Section 313.042(e), Transportation Code, is
1-17 amended to read as follows:
1-18 (e) An assessment against abutting property is:
1-19 (1) a lien on the property that is superior to any
1-20 other lien or claim except a lien or claim for ad valorem taxes;
1-21 and
1-22 (2) a personal liability and charge against the owner
1-23 of the property, regardless of whether the owner is named.
1-24 SECTION 3. Section 314.043(b), Transportation Code, is
2-1 amended to read as follows:
2-2 (b) The notice required by Subsection (a) must:
2-3 (1) show substantially that the governing body has
2-4 determined it necessary that the street be improved;
2-5 (2) give the name of:
2-6 (A) the street and the names of the two cross
2-7 streets or other approximate lengthwise limits between which the
2-8 street is to be or has been improved or otherwise identify or
2-9 designate the street and the portion of the street to be improved;
2-10 and
2-11 (B) the subdivision and affected blocks if the
2-12 street abuts a subdivision for which a plat has been recorded in
2-13 the county clerk's office; and
2-14 (3) state that a portion of the cost of the
2-15 improvement is to be or has been specifically assessed as a lien on
2-16 property abutting the street.
2-17 SECTION 4. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-18 (b) Section 51.008, Property Code, as added by this Act,
2-19 applies to a lien on real property in favor of a governmental
2-20 entity regardless of whether the lien arose before, on, or after
2-21 the effective date of this Act. In the case of such lien that
2-22 arose before the effective date of this Act, the lien must be
2-23 recorded not later than December 31, 2002. Section 51.008,
2-24 Property Code, as added by this Act, applies only to notice of such
2-25 lien provided on or after the effective date of this Act. Notice
2-26 of such lien provided before the effective date of this Act is
2-27 covered by the law in effect when the notice was provided, and that
3-1 law is continued in effect for that purpose.
3-2 (c) The amendment to Section 313.042(e), Transportation
3-3 Code, by this Act, applies only to a lien arising under that
3-4 section on or after the effective date of this Act. A lien arising
3-5 under that section before the effective date of this Act is covered
3-6 by the law in effect when the lien arose, and that law is continued
3-7 in effect for that purpose.
3-8 (d) The amendment to Section 314.043(b), Transportation
3-9 Code, by this Act, applies only to notice required by Section
3-10 314.043(a), Transportation Code, provided on or after the effective
3-11 date of this Act. Notice provided before the effective date of
3-12 this Act is covered by the law in effect when the notice was
3-13 provided, and the former law is continued in effect for that
3-14 purpose.