| 1 | 1 | | By: Villalba (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 1975 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 15, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & |
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| 4 | 4 | | Commerce; May 21, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to enforcement of a lien on property in a self-service |
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| 12 | 12 | | storage facility by a sale conducted through an Internet website. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 59.044, Property Code, is amended by |
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| 15 | 15 | | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (a-1) For the purposes of Subsection (a)(5), the place of a |
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| 17 | 17 | | sale is: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) the physical address of the location of the sale if |
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| 19 | 19 | | the sale is conducted at the self-service storage facility or a |
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| 20 | 20 | | reasonably near public place; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) the address of the Internet website if the sale is |
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| 22 | 22 | | conducted through an Internet website. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 59.045, Property Code, is amended to |
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| 24 | 24 | | read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 59.045. CONDUCT OF SALE. (a) A sale under this |
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| 26 | 26 | | subchapter must be a public sale: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) conducted at the self-service storage facility or |
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| 28 | 28 | | a reasonably near public place; or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) conducted through an Internet website accessible |
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| 30 | 30 | | to the public. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) The lessor must conduct the sale according to the terms |
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| 32 | 32 | | specified in the notice advertising the sale and sell the property |
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| 33 | 33 | | to the highest bidder. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 35 | 35 | | * * * * * |
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