86R5227 SCL-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 2575
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duty of a county to refund an amount of $5 or less
paid to the county clerk.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 130, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 130.911 to read as follows:
Sec. 130.911. COUNTY REFUND OF SMALL AMOUNT. A county is
not required to refund an amount overpaid or otherwise paid in error
to the county clerk by a person if:
(1) that amount is $5 or less;
(2) the county clerk notifies the person by mail of the
amount overpaid or paid in error and includes with the notice a form
for requesting a refund; and
(3) the person fails to request a refund before the
90th day after the date the clerk mailed the notice.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.