85R4481 DMS-D
By: Koop H.B. No. 598
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to procedures of a county tax assessor-collector for
collection of dishonored checks and invoices; authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.006, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 130.006. PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTION OF DISHONORED
CHECKS AND INVOICES. (a) A county tax assessor-collector may
establish procedures for the collection of dishonored checks and
credit card invoices. The procedures may include:
(1) official notification to the maker that the check
or invoice has not been honored and that the receipt, registration,
certificate, or other instrument issued on the receipt of the check
or invoice is not valid until payment of the fee or tax is made;
(2) notification of the sheriff or other law
enforcement officers that a check or credit card invoice has not
been honored and that the receipt, registration, certificate, or
other instrument held by the maker is not valid; [and]
(3) notification to the Texas Department of Motor
Vehicles, the comptroller of public accounts, or the Department of
Public Safety that the receipt, registration, certificate, or other
instrument held by the maker is not valid; and
(4) referral of a dishonored check or credit card
invoice to a private collection agency.
(b) If the county tax assessor-collector refers a
dishonored check or credit card invoice to a private collection
agency under Subsection (a)(4), the private collection agency may
charge a fee to the person responsible for the check or invoice in
an amount equal to any amount authorized for a returned check under
Section 118.011.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.