Sec. 80.005.  INTENT TO TERMINATE LOAN;  FORM;  TRANSFORMATION OF SPECIFIED TERM TO INDEFINITE TERM.  (a)  A museum may give the lender notice of the museum's intent to terminate a loan that was made for an indefinite term or for a term in excess of seven years.  A notice of intent to terminate a loan given under this section must comply with Section 80.003 and must include a statement containing substantially the following information:
The records of (name of museum)

indicate that you have property on loan to it.  The museum wishes to terminate the loan.  You must contact the museum, establish your ownership of the property, and make arrangements to collect the property.  If you fail to do so within 65 days after the date of this notice, you will be deemed to have donated the property to the museum.  See Chapter 80, Property Code.

(b)  If, within 65 days after the date of the notice given under Subsection (a), the lender fails to contact the museum, establish ownership of the property, and make arrangements to collect the property, the property is considered to be donated to the museum.
(c)  For the purposes of this chapter, a loan for a specified term becomes a loan for an indefinite term if the property remains in the custody of the museum when the specified term expires.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1076, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.