Sec. 62.031.  CHANGE IN USE OF REAL ESTATE.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), any change in the use of the real estate does not affect a broker's lien if the notice of the lien was filed when the real estate was commercial real estate.
(b)  The broker's lien is extinguished if:
(1)  not later than the 360th day after the date on which the broker's commission is payable, the commercial real estate interest on which a broker claims a lien is zoned for single-family use or restricted for single-family use under recorded restrictive covenants;  and
(2)  the zoning ordinances or restrictive covenants for single-family use are in effect until at least the second anniversary of the date the commission is payable.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1571, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.