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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a municipality collecting a delinquent fine or fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 4, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 109 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 109. BAR ON COLLECTION |
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Sec. 109.001. BAR ON COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT FINE OR FEE. |
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(a) A municipality may not collect a fine or fee from a person that |
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has been delinquent for more than five years unless the |
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municipality has made a reasonable attempts to provided notice to |
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the person under Subsection (b). |
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(b) A municipality must provide notice under Subsection (a) |
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by certified mail to the person's last known address. If the |
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municipality does not have a record of the person's address, the |
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municipality must provide notice by any other means available to |
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the municipality. |
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SECTION 2. Section 109.001, Local Government Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies only to a fine or fee assessed by a |
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municipality on or after the effective date of this Act. A fine or |
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fee assessed before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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the law in effect on the date the fine or fee was assessed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |