By: Hughes S.B. No. 1955               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to expunction of a notice of lis pendens.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 12.0071(f), Property Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (f) After a certified copy of an order expunging a notice of   lis pendens has been recorded, the notice of lis pendens and any   information derived or which could be derived from the notice:                (1) does not:                      (A) constitute constructive or actual notice of   any matter contained in the notice or of any matter relating to the   action in which the notice of lis pendens was filed [proceeding];                      (B) create any duty of inquiry in a person with   respect to the property described in the notice; or                      (C) affect the validity of a conveyance to a   purchaser for value or of a mortgage to a lender for value; and                (2) is not enforceable against a purchaser or lender   described by Subdivision (1)(C), regardless of whether the   purchaser or lender knew of the lis pendens action.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a certified copy of an order expunging a notice of lis pendens   recorded on or after the effective date of this Act.  A certified   copy of an order expunging a notice of lis pendens recorded before   the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at   that time, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.