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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to enforcement of a lien on property in a self-service |
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storage facility by a sale conducted through an Internet website. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 59.044, Property Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) For the purposes of Subsection (a)(5), the place of a |
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sale is: |
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(1) the physical address of the location of the sale if |
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the sale is conducted at the self-service storage facility or a |
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reasonably near public place; or |
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(2) the address of the Internet website if the sale is |
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conducted through an Internet website. |
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SECTION 2. Section 59.045, Property Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 59.045. CONDUCT OF SALE. (a) A sale under this |
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subchapter must be a public sale: |
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(1) conducted at the self-service storage facility or |
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a reasonably near public place; or |
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(2) conducted through an Internet website accessible |
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to the public. |
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(b) The lessor must conduct the sale according to the terms |
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specified in the notice advertising the sale and sell the property |
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to the highest bidder. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |