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