Sec. 70.009.  PLASTIC FABRICATOR LIENS.  (a)  A plastic fabricator has a lien on any die, mold, form, or pattern in his possession that belongs to a customer for the amount due from the customer for plastic fabrication work performed with the die, mold, form, or pattern.  The plastic fabricator may retain possession of the die, mold, form, or pattern until the amount due is paid.
(b)  In this section:
(1)  "Customer" means a person who contracts with or causes a plastic fabricator to use a die, mold, form, or pattern to manufacture, assemble, or otherwise make a plastic product or products.
(2)  "Plastic fabricator" means a person, including a tool or die maker, who manufactures or causes to be manufactured, or who assembles or improves, a die, form, mold, or pattern for a customer, or who uses or contracts to use a die, mold, form, or pattern to manufacture, assemble, or otherwise make a plastic product or products for a customer.
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 357, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.