80R2031 AJA-F

By: Watson S.B. No. 1103

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a person who is entitled to claim a lien on certain assets.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 5, Property Code, is amended by adding Chapter 64 to read as follows: CHAPTER 64. STAFF LEASING SERVICES COMPANY LIEN

Sec. 64.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter "client company," "staff leasing services," and "staff leasing services company" have the meanings assigned by Section 91.001, Labor Code.

Sec. 64.002. LIEN. A staff leasing services company that provides staff leasing services for a client company under a contract with the client company or an agent of the client company has the right to file a lien under this chapter for the amount due under the contract.

Sec. 64.003. PROPERTY SUBJECT TO LIEN. The lien attaches to all products, papers, machinery, tools, fixtures, appurtenances, goods, wares, merchandise, contracts, chattels, or other things of value, other than real property, that are created wholly or partly with the staff leasing services provided or that are necessarily connected with the performance of the staff leasing services provided and that are owned by or in possession of the client company or the agent of the client company that entered into the contract with the staff leasing services company.

Sec. 64.004. DURATION OF LIEN. A lien created under this chapter expires on the first anniversary of the date of attachment.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by Chapter 64, Property Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the contract was entered into or renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.