| 1 | 1 | | By: Carona S.B. No. 382 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Carter) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the disbursement of county funds to a person owing |
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| 8 | 8 | | delinquent property taxes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 154.025, Local |
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| 11 | 11 | | Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) In this section, "debt" includes delinquent taxes, |
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| 13 | 13 | | fines, fees, and indebtedness arising from written agreements with |
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| 14 | 14 | | the county. The term includes delinquent property taxes whether |
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| 15 | 15 | | reduced to judgment or not. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 154.045, Local |
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| 17 | 17 | | Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (a) In this section, "debt" includes delinquent taxes, |
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| 19 | 19 | | fines, fees, and indebtedness arising from written agreements with |
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| 20 | 20 | | the county. The term includes delinquent property taxes whether |
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| 21 | 21 | | reduced to judgment or not. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 23 | 23 | | debt for which a notice of indebtedness is filed under Subsection |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b), Section 154.025, or Subsection (b), Section 154.045, Local |
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| 25 | 25 | | Government Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. Debt |
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| 26 | 26 | | for which notice of indebtedness is filed before the effective date |
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| 27 | 27 | | of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the notice was |
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| 28 | 28 | | filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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