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| 1 | 1 | By: Gutierrez S.B. No. 1446 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL ENTITLED TO BE | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | Relating to the collection of delinquent property taxes. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Section 6.30(c), Tax Code, is amended to read as | |
| 9 | 9 | follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | (c) The governing body of a taxing unit may contract with | |
| 11 | 11 | any competent attorney to represent the taxing unit to enforce the | |
| 12 | 12 | collection of delinquent taxes. The attorney's compensation is set | |
| 13 | 13 | in the contract, but the total amount of compensation provided may | |
| 14 | 14 | not exceed 15 [20] percent of the amount of delinquent tax, penalty, | |
| 15 | 15 | and interest collected. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022. |