Lien declared.

Every person, firm, or corporation renting or leasing any appliance, machinery, or equipment to another for use in construction of a building or improvement on land or in repairing, altering, or beautifying the same or for use in clearing, draining, excavating, or landscaping of the ground upon which a building or improvement is being constructed, repaired, altered, or beautified shall have a lien upon the same for the reasonable rental value of the appliance, machinery, or equipment rented or leased for the period of actual use in such construction, repairing, altering, or beautifying; provided, however, that the lien hereby created shall not include the rental value of any hand tools.

(Acts 1973, No. 1222, p. 2069, §1.)