| 1 | 1 | | 84R7886 AJZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: West S.B. No. 564 |
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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 driver responsibility program and the collection of |
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| 8 | 8 | | delinquent driver responsibility program surcharges. |
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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 466.407(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) The executive director shall deduct the amount of a |
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| 13 | 13 | | delinquent tax or other money from the winnings of a prize winner |
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| 14 | 14 | | who has been finally determined to be: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money |
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| 16 | 16 | | to a state agency and that delinquency is reported to the |
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| 17 | 17 | | comptroller under Section 403.055; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) in default on a loan made under Chapter 52, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Education Code; [or] |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) in default on a loan guaranteed under Chapter 57, |
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| 21 | 21 | | Education Code; or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4) delinquent in the payment of a surcharge assessed |
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| 23 | 23 | | under Chapter 708, Transportation Code. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Section 74.501, Property Code, is amended by |
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| 25 | 25 | | amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (g) to read as |
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| 26 | 26 | | follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (e) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (f) and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (g), the comptroller may not pay to the following persons a claim to |
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| 29 | 29 | | which this section applies: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) a creditor, a judgment creditor, a lienholder, or |
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| 31 | 31 | | an assignee of the reported owner or of the owner's heirs; or |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) a person holding a power of attorney from the |
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| 33 | 33 | | reported owner or the owner's heirs. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (g) The comptroller may approve a claim for a surcharge owed |
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| 35 | 35 | | by the reported owner of the property under Chapter 708, |
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| 36 | 36 | | Transportation Code. A claim under this subsection may be submitted |
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| 37 | 37 | | by the Department of Public Safety. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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