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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the comptroller of public accounts to |
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issue certain payments to persons who are indebted or delinquent in |
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taxes owed to the state and to state agency reporting requirements |
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regarding such persons. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 403.055, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (e-1) and (g-1) to read as follows: |
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(e-1) This section does not prohibit the comptroller from |
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issuing a warrant or initiating an electronic funds transfer to a |
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person reported properly under Subsection (f) or to the person's |
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assignee if, in accordance with Section 403.0551, the comptroller |
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first retains one or more warrants or electronic funds transfers to |
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the person for a total amount that at least equals the amount |
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necessary to fully deduct the amount of the person's indebtedness |
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to the state or tax delinquency from the amount the state owes the |
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person. |
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(g-1) A state agency shall provide notice to a person who is |
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the subject of a report made by the agency under Subsection (f), |
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other than a person reported as indebted to the state as provided by |
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Section 231.007, Family Code, at the time the agency makes the |
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report. The notice must: |
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(1) be given in a manner reasonably calculated to give |
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actual notice to the person; |
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(2) state: |
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(A) the name of the indebted or delinquent |
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person; |
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(B) the amount of the person's indebtedness or |
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delinquency; |
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(C) the agency's contact information; and |
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(D) any options available to eliminate the |
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indebtedness or delinquency; and |
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(3) include a statement that the person's indebtedness |
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or delinquency: |
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(A) has been reported to the comptroller; and |
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(B) may prohibit the comptroller from issuing a |
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warrant or initiating an electronic funds transfer to the person |
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for any amount owed to the person by the state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |