S.B. No. 644

AN ACT relating to the eligibility of persons to participate in the public
sale in certain counties of certain real property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 34.0445, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) This section applies only to a sale of real property
under this subchapter that is conducted in:
(1) a county with a population of 250,000 or more; or
(2) a county with a population of less than 250,000 in
which the commissioners court by order has adopted the provisions
of this section.
SECTION 2. Section 34.015, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (p) to read as follows:
(p) This section applies only to a sale of real property
under Section 34.01 that is conducted in:
(1) a county with a population of 250,000 or more; or
(2) a county with a population of less than 250,000 in
which the commissioners court by order has adopted the provisions
of this section.
SECTION 3. (a) Section 34.0445, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code, and Section 34.015, Tax Code, as amended by this Act,
apply only to a public sale of real property conducted on or after
the effective date of this Act.
(b) A public sale of real property conducted before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the sale was conducted, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.