Business & Commerce Code § 9.702

Sec. 9.702. SAVING CLAUSE. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, this chapter, as revised, applies to a transaction or lien within its scope, even if the transaction or lien was entered into or created before the revision takes effect. (b) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c) and Sections 9.703-9.709: (1) transactions and liens that were not governed by this chapter, as it existed immediately before the effective date of the revision, were validly entered into or created before the effective date of the revision, and would be subject to this chapter, as revised, if they had been entered into or created on or after the effective date of the revision, and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from those transactions and liens remain valid on and after the effective date of the revision; and (2) the transactions and liens may be terminated, completed, consummated, and enforced as required or permitted by this chapter, as revised, or by the law that otherwise would apply if the revision had not taken effect. (c) The revision does not affect an action, case, or proceeding commenced before the effective date of the revision. Reenacted from Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 3.02 and amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 23, eff. June 13, 2001.