| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 1428 |
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| 1 | + | By: Huberty (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 1428 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2021; |
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| 3 | + | April 13, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Jurisprudence; April 23, 2021, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | + | vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 23, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to procurement by a political subdivision of a contingent |
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| 6 | 12 | | fee contract for legal services. |
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| 7 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 2254.102(e), Government Code, is amended |
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| 9 | 15 | | to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 16 | | (e) This subchapter does not apply to a contract for legal |
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| 11 | 17 | | services entered into by a political subdivision for the collection |
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| 12 | 18 | | of an obligation, as defined by Section 2107.001, that is |
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| 13 | 19 | | delinquent [under Section 6.30, Tax Code, Article 103.0031, Code of |
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| 14 | 20 | | Criminal Procedure,] or for services under Section 1201.027, [of |
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| 15 | 21 | | this code] except that Sections 2254.1032, 2254.1034, 2254.1036, |
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| 16 | 22 | | and 2254.1037 do apply to the contract. For purposes of this |
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| 17 | 23 | | subsection, an obligation does not include a fine or penalty that |
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| 18 | 24 | | results from an action by a political subdivision under Chapter 7, |
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| 19 | 25 | | Water Code. |
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| 20 | 26 | | SECTION 2. Section 2254.102(e), Government Code, as amended |
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| 21 | 27 | | by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the |
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| 22 | 28 | | effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the |
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| 23 | 29 | | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect |
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| 24 | 30 | | immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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| 25 | 31 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 26 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 27 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 28 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 29 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 1428 was passed by the House on April |
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| 30 | | - | 9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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| 31 | | - | voting. |
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| 32 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 33 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 34 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 1428 was passed by the Senate on April |
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| 35 | | - | 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 36 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 37 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 38 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 39 | | - | Date |
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| 40 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 41 | | - | Governor |
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