| 1 | 1 | | 84R13492 SCL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Koop H.B. No. 3778 |
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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 procedures of a county tax assessor-collector for |
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| 8 | 8 | | collection of dishonored checks and invoices; authorizing a fee. |
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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. Section 130.006, Local Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 130.006. PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTION OF DISHONORED |
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| 13 | 13 | | CHECKS AND INVOICES. (a) A county tax assessor-collector may |
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| 14 | 14 | | establish procedures for the collection of dishonored checks and |
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| 15 | 15 | | credit card invoices. The procedures may include: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) official notification to the maker that the check |
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| 17 | 17 | | or invoice has not been honored and that the receipt, registration, |
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| 18 | 18 | | certificate, or other instrument issued on the receipt of the check |
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| 19 | 19 | | or invoice is not valid until payment of the fee or tax is made; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) notification of the sheriff or other law |
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| 21 | 21 | | enforcement officers that a check or credit card invoice has not |
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| 22 | 22 | | been honored and that the receipt, registration, certificate, or |
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| 23 | 23 | | other instrument held by the maker is not valid; [and] |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) notification to the Texas Department of Motor |
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| 25 | 25 | | Vehicles, the comptroller of public accounts, or the Department of |
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| 26 | 26 | | Public Safety that the receipt, registration, certificate, or other |
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| 27 | 27 | | instrument held by the maker is not valid; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (4) referral of a dishonored check or credit card |
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| 29 | 29 | | invoice to a private collection agency. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) If the county tax assessor-collector refers a |
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| 31 | 31 | | dishonored check or credit card invoice to a private collection |
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| 32 | 32 | | agency under Subsection (a)(4), the private collection agency may |
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| 33 | 33 | | charge a fee to the person responsible for the check or invoice in |
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| 34 | 34 | | an amount equal to any amount authorized for a returned check under |
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| 35 | 35 | | Section 118.011. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 37 | 37 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 38 | 38 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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