By: Landgraf (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 2879
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 28, 2021;
  May 6, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
  Commerce; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to notice required in connection with possessory liens on
  certain motor vehicles.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 70.006, Property Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a) and (b-1) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A holder of a lien under this subchapter on a motor
  vehicle subject to Chapter 501, Transportation Code, or on a
  motorboat, vessel, or outboard motor for which a certificate of
  title is required under Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Parks and
  Wildlife Code, as amended, who retains possession of the motor
  vehicle, motorboat, vessel, or outboard motor shall give written
  notice to the owner and each holder of a lien recorded on the
  certificate of title. Subject to Subsection (a-1) [Not later than
  the 30th day after the date on which the charges accrue], a holder
  of a possessory lien on a motor vehicle under Section 70.001, other
  than a person licensed as a franchised dealer under Chapter 2301,
  Occupations Code, shall file a copy of the notice and all
  information required by this section with the county tax
  assessor-collector's office in the county in which the repairs were
  made with an administrative fee of $25 payable to the county tax
  assessor-collector. If the motor vehicle, motorboat, vessel, or
  outboard motor is registered outside this state, the holder of a
  lien under this subchapter who retains possession during that
  period shall give notice to the last known registered owner and each
  lienholder of record.
         (a-1)  A copy of the notice and information required to be
  filed with the county tax assessor-collector's office under
  Subsection (a) must be filed:
               (1)  for a motor vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight
  rating of less than 16,000 pounds, not later than the 30th day after
  the date on which the charges accrue; and
               (2)  for a motor vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight
  rating equal to or greater than 16,000 pounds, not later than the
  later of the 30th day after the date on which the charges accrue or
  the 30th day before the date of a proposed sale or disposition of
  the motor vehicle under Subsection (f) or (f-1).
         (b-1)  A holder of a possessory lien on a motor vehicle under
  Section 70.001, other than a person licensed as a franchised dealer
  under Chapter 2301, Occupations Code, who is required to give
  notice to a lienholder of record under this section must include in
  the notice:
               (1)  the physical address of the real property at which
  the repairs to the motor vehicle were made;
               (2)  the legal name of the person that holds the
  possessory lien for which the notice is required;
               (3)  the taxpayer identification number or employer
  identification number, as applicable, of the person that holds the
  possessory lien for which the notice is required; [and]
               (4)  a signed copy of the work order authorizing the
  repairs on the motor vehicle; and
               (5)  if applicable, the proposed date of the sale or
  disposition of the motor vehicle under Subsection (f) or (f-1).
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a possessory lien on a motor vehicle the possession of which is
  obtained on or after the effective date of this Act. A possessory
  lien on a motor vehicle the possession of which was obtained before
  that date is governed by the law in effect at the time possession
  was obtained, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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