79R755 AJA-F
By: Ellis S.B. No. 464
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duration of judgment liens in favor of the state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 52.006, Property Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 52.006. DURATION OF LIEN. (a) Except as provided by
Subsection (b), a [A] judgment lien continues for 10 years
following the date of recording and indexing the abstract, except
that if the judgment becomes dormant during that period the lien
ceases to exist.
(b) A judgment lien in favor of the state or a state agency,
as that term is defined by Section 403.055, Government Code, does
not become dormant and continues to exist until the judgment is
satisfied or the lien is released.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an
abstract of judgment, if the judgment is not then dormant, that
exists on the effective date of this Act or to an abstract of
judgment recorded and indexed on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.