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Amend CSHB 669 by striking all below the enacting clause and
substituting the following:
SECTION 1. Section 12.002, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A person claiming a lien under Chapter 53, Property
Code, is not liable under this section for the making,
presentation, or use of a document or other record in connection
with the assertion of the claim unless the person acts with intent
to defraud.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that
date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.