H.B. No. 699
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the location of certain public sales of real property.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 34.041, Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 34.041.  SALE AT PLACE OTHER THAN COURTHOUSE DOOR.  
  (a)  If the public sale of real property [land] is required by court
  order or other law to be made at a place other than the courthouse
  door, sales under this chapter shall be made at the place designated
  by that court order or other law.
         (b)  The commissioners court of a county may designate an
  area other than an area at the county courthouse where public sales
  of real property under this chapter will take place that is in a
  public place within a reasonable proximity of the county courthouse
  as determined by the commissioners court and in a location as
  accessible to the public as the courthouse door.  The commissioners
  court shall record that designation in the real property records of
  the county. A designation by a commissioners court under this
  section is not a ground for challenging or invalidating any sale.  
  Except for a sale under Subsection (a), a sale must be held at an
  area designated under this subsection if the sale is held on or
  after the 90th day after the date the designation is recorded.  The
  commissioners court may by order authorize a county official or
  employee to identify separate locations within the designated area
  for the conduct of sales under this section and for the conduct of
  sales by peace officers under other laws.
         SECTION 2.  Subsection (h), Section 51.002, Property Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (h)  For the purposes of Subsection (a), the commissioners
  court of a county may designate an area other than an area at the
  county courthouse where public sales of real property under this
  section will take place that is in a public place within a
  reasonable proximity of the county courthouse as determined by the
  commissioners court and in a location as accessible to the public as
  the courthouse door. The commissioners court shall record that
  designation in the real property records of the county. A
  designation by a commissioners court under this section is not a
  ground for challenging or invalidating any sale. A sale must [may
  not] be held at an area designated under this subsection if the sale
  is held on or after [before] the 90th day after the date the
  designation is recorded. The posting of the notice required by
  Subsection (b)(1) of a sale designated under this subsection to
  take place at an area other than an area of the courthouse remains
  at the courthouse door of the appropriate county.
         SECTION 3.  Subsection (r), Section 34.01, Tax Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (r)  Except as provided by this subsection, a sale of real
  property under this section must take place at the county
  courthouse in the county in which the land is located.  The
  commissioners court of the county may designate an area other than
  an area at [in] the county courthouse [or another location in the
  county] where sales under this section will [must] take place that
  is in a public place within a reasonable proximity of the county
  courthouse as determined by the commissioners court and in a
  location as accessible to the public as the courthouse door.  The
  commissioners court [and] shall record that designation [any
  designated area or other location] in the real property records of
  the county. A designation by a commissioners court under this
  section is not a ground for challenging or invalidating any sale. A
  sale must be held at an area designated under this subsection if the
  sale is held on or after the 90th day after the date the designation
  is recorded [If the commissioners court designates an area in the
  courthouse or another location in the county for sales, a sale must
  occur in that area or at that location. If the commissioners court
  does not designate an area in the courthouse or another location in
  the county for sales, a sale must occur in the same area in the
  courthouse that is designated by the commissioners court for the
  sale of real property under Section 51.002, Property Code].
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect October 1, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 699 was passed by the House on April
  11, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 699 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 699 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor