Sec. 56.044. FORFEITURE OF LEASEHOLD. Forfeiture of a leasehold does not impair a lien on material, machinery, supplies, or an improvement located on the leasehold if:

(1) the lien attached to the property before the leasehold was forfeited;

(2) the property is not permanently attached to the land; and

(3) the lienholder pays the owner of the land the damages caused to the land by removal of the property.

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3569, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.