Bill Text: TX SB952 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to enforcement of a lien on property in a self-service storage facility by a sale conducted through an Internet website.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-27 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB952 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB952-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 952 |
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relating to enforcement of a lien on property in a self-service | ||
storage facility by a sale conducted through an Internet website. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 59.044, Property Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) For the purposes of Subsection (a)(5), the place of a | ||
sale is: | ||
(1) the physical address of the location of the sale if | ||
the sale is conducted at the self-service storage facility or a | ||
reasonably near public place; or | ||
(2) the address of the Internet website if the sale is | ||
conducted through an Internet website. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 59.045, Property Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 59.045. CONDUCT OF SALE. (a) A sale under this | ||
subchapter must be a public sale: | ||
(1) conducted at the self-service storage facility or | ||
a reasonably near public place; or | ||
(2) conducted through an Internet website accessible | ||
to the public. | ||
(b) The lessor must conduct the sale according to the terms | ||
specified in the notice advertising the sale and sell the property | ||
to the highest bidder. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 952 passed the Senate on | ||
April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 952 passed the House on | ||
May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |