84R7886 AJZ-D
By: West S.B. No. 564
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the driver responsibility program and the collection of
delinquent driver responsibility program surcharges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 466.407(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The executive director shall deduct the amount of a
delinquent tax or other money from the winnings of a prize winner
who has been finally determined to be:
(1) delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money
to a state agency and that delinquency is reported to the
comptroller under Section 403.055;
(2) in default on a loan made under Chapter 52,
Education Code; [or]
(3) in default on a loan guaranteed under Chapter 57,
Education Code; or
(4) delinquent in the payment of a surcharge assessed
under Chapter 708, Transportation Code.
SECTION 2. Section 74.501, Property Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
follows:
(e) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (f) and
(g), the comptroller may not pay to the following persons a claim to
which this section applies:
(1) a creditor, a judgment creditor, a lienholder, or
an assignee of the reported owner or of the owner's heirs; or
(2) a person holding a power of attorney from the
reported owner or the owner's heirs.
(g) The comptroller may approve a claim for a surcharge owed
by the reported owner of the property under Chapter 708,
Transportation Code. A claim under this subsection may be submitted
by the Department of Public Safety.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.