85R9204 BEE-F By: Villalba H.B. No. 1975 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 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.