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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a person who is entitled to claim a lien on certain |
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assets. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 5, Property Code, is amended by |
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adding Chapter 64 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 64. STAFF LEASING SERVICES COMPANY LIEN |
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Sec. 64.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter "client |
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company," "staff leasing services," and "staff leasing services |
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company" have the meanings assigned by Section 91.001, Labor Code. |
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Sec. 64.002. LIEN. A staff leasing services company that |
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provides staff leasing services for a client company under a |
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contract with the client company or an agent of the client company |
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has the right to file a lien under this chapter for the amount due |
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under the contract. |
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Sec. 64.003. PROPERTY SUBJECT TO LIEN. The lien attaches to |
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all products, papers, machinery, tools, fixtures, appurtenances, |
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goods, wares, merchandise, contracts, chattels, or other things of |
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value, other than real property, that are created wholly or partly |
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with the staff leasing services provided or that are necessarily |
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connected with the performance of the staff leasing services |
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provided and that are owned by or in possession of the client |
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company or the agent of the client company that entered into the |
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contract with the staff leasing services company. |
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Sec. 64.004. DURATION OF LIEN. A lien created under this |
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chapter expires on the first anniversary of the date of attachment. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by Chapter 64, Property |
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Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into |
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or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract |
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entered into or renewed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the contract was entered into or |
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renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |