HB 1756 — An Act amending the act of December 20, 1982 (P.L.1404, No.325), known as the Self-Service Storage Facility Act, further providing for owner's lien, for enforcement of lien, for notice, for advertisement of sale and for location of sale.

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MILLER AND BERNSTINE, AUGUST 16, 2019 ASREFERRED REPORTEDTO FROM COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, HOUSEAUGUST OF16, REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, NOVEMBER 21, 2019 AN ACT Amending the act of December 20, 1982 (P.L.1404, No.325), entitled "An act regulating self-service storage and providing for owners' liens and the enforcement thereof," further providing for owner's lien, for enforcement of lien, sale.otice,for notice, for advertisement of sale and for location of Thesale. General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Sections 4, 5(b) and (c), 6(a) introductory paragraph, 7(a) introductory paragraph and 8 of the act of <-- December 20, 1982 (P.L.1404, No.325), known as the Self-Service Storage Facility Act, are amended to read:

(c) Towing right.--If the property upon which the lien is claimed is a motor vehicle, trailer or watercraft and the 20190HB1756PN2941 - 2 - [property] occupant is in default for 60 consecutive days, the 20190HB1756PN2347 - 2 - owner may have the property towed.

If a motor vehicle, trailer or watercraft is towed as authorized under this subsection, the owner shall not be liable for any damages to the motor vehicle,vehicle <-- TRAILER or watercraft not caused by any negligence of the owner once an adequately insured or bonded tower takes possession of the property.

(a) Publication.--After the expiration of the time stated in the notice and if the personal property has not otherwise been disposed of, the owner shall cause an advertisement of sale to be published [two times] once preceding the date of sale in a BEnewspaper <--of PUBLISHEDgeneral TWOcirculation TIMESwhich EITHER:serves the area where the self-service storage facility is located[.] or on a publicly accessible Internet website that regularly advertises or conducts online sales of personal property.

(1) PRECEDING THE DATE OF SALE IN A newspaper of general circulation which serves the area where the self-service <-- storage facility is located[.] or on a publicly SELF-SERVICE <-- 20190HB1756PN2941 - 3 - STORAGE FACILITY IS LOCATED[.];

OR (2) ONE TIME PRECEDING THE DATE OF SALE IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION WHICH SERVES THE AREA WHERE THE SELF- STORAGE FACILITY IS LOCATED AND ON A PUBLICLY accessible Internet website that regularly advertises or conducts online sales of personal property.

*20190HB1756PN2347 *- *3 <--- [(1)]* (I)* A* STATEMENTSection THAT8. THE CONTENTS OF THE <-- OCCUPANT'S LEASED SPACE SHALL BE SOLD TO SATISFY THE OWNER'S LIEN.

[(2)] (II) THE ADDRESS OF THE SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITY AND THE NUMBER OR OTHER DESCRIPTION, IF ANY, OF THE SPACE WHERE THE PERSONAL PROPERTY IS LOCATED AND THE NAME OF THE OCCUPANT.

[(3)] (III) THE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER OF SALE.

* * * Section 8.

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