BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 1975 By: Villalba Business & Industry Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Interested parties contend that the methods by which a public sale of property seized from a self‑service storage facility tenant to enforce a contractual landlord's lien is conducted should be updated to reflect technological advancements. H.B. 1975 authorizes such a sale to be conducted through a publicly accessible website. CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS H.B. 1975 amends the Property Code to authorize the conducting of a public sale of property seized from a self-service storage facility tenant to enforce a contractual landlord's lien through a publicly accessible website as an alternative to conducting the sale at the self-service storage facility or a reasonably near public place. The bill establishes that the place of sale, for the purposes of the notice advertising such a sale, is the physical address of the location of the sale for a sale conducted at the self-service storage facility or a reasonably near public place or is the address of the website for a sale conducted through a website. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2017.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
H.B. 1975
By: Villalba
Business & Industry
Committee Report (Unamended)
H.B. 1975
By: Villalba
Business & Industry
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Interested parties contend that the methods by which a public sale of property seized from a self‑service storage facility tenant to enforce a contractual landlord's lien is conducted should be updated to reflect technological advancements. H.B. 1975 authorizes such a sale to be conducted through a publicly accessible website.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS H.B. 1975 amends the Property Code to authorize the conducting of a public sale of property seized from a self-service storage facility tenant to enforce a contractual landlord's lien through a publicly accessible website as an alternative to conducting the sale at the self-service storage facility or a reasonably near public place. The bill establishes that the place of sale, for the purposes of the notice advertising such a sale, is the physical address of the location of the sale for a sale conducted at the self-service storage facility or a reasonably near public place or is the address of the website for a sale conducted through a website.
EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2017.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties contend that the methods by which a public sale of property seized from a self‑service storage facility tenant to enforce a contractual landlord's lien is conducted should be updated to reflect technological advancements. H.B. 1975 authorizes such a sale to be conducted through a publicly accessible website.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
H.B. 1975 amends the Property Code to authorize the conducting of a public sale of property seized from a self-service storage facility tenant to enforce a contractual landlord's lien through a publicly accessible website as an alternative to conducting the sale at the self-service storage facility or a reasonably near public place. The bill establishes that the place of sale, for the purposes of the notice advertising such a sale, is the physical address of the location of the sale for a sale conducted at the self-service storage facility or a reasonably near public place or is the address of the website for a sale conducted through a website.
EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2017.