Sec. 5.067.  PLACEMENT OF LIEN FOR UTILITY SERVICE.  Notwithstanding any terms of a contract to the contrary, the placement of a lien for the reasonable value of improvements to residential real estate for purposes of providing utility service to the property shall not constitute a default under the terms of an executory contract for the purchase of the real property.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 743, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 994, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Property Code Sec. 5.064 and amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.