1-1     By:  Barrientos                                        S.B. No. 591
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 7, 2001; February 12, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
 1-4     March 13, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7,
 1-5     Nays 0; March 13, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the execution of certain writs in an action to
 1-9     determine possession of certain leased premises.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subsection (d), Section 93.003, Property Code, is
1-12     amended to read as follows:
1-13           (d)  The writ of reentry must be served on either the
1-14     landlord or the landlord's management company, on-premises manager,
1-15     or rent collector in the same manner as a writ of possession in a
1-16     forcible detainer action.  A sheriff or constable may use
1-17     reasonable force in executing a writ of reentry under this section.
1-18           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-19     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-20     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-21     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-22     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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