By: Villalba (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 1975
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017;
May 15, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
Commerce; May 21, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2017, sent to printer.)
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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.
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