1-1     By:  Yarbrough (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte)        H.B. No. 2028
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
 1-3     May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
 1-4     and Commerce; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the enforcement of a lien by the Texas Workforce
 1-9     Commission for unpaid wages or penalties.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 61, Labor Code, is amended
1-12     by adding Section 61.0825 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 61.0825.  PRIORITY OF LIEN. A lien established under
1-14     this subchapter is superior to any other lien on the same property,
1-15     with the exception of a lien for ad valorem taxes.
1-16           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-17     applies to a lien imposed by the Texas Workforce Commission under
1-18     Chapter 61, Labor Code, without regard to whether the lien was
1-19     imposed before, on, or after that date.
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