Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2036 amends the Local Government Code and the Health and Safety Code to authorize municipalities that operate utility systems, counties and public agencies that provide solid waste disposal services, and other political subdivisions acting on their behalf for collection purposes, to enter into agreements for the collection of unpaid utility or solid waste disposal service bills. An agreement may allow a municipality to refuse utility service, or a public agency to refuse solid waste disposal services, to someone who is past due on utility charges or solid waste disposal fees owed to another party to the agreement. Or it may allow a municipality to provide utility services, or a public agency to provide solid waste disposal services, on collection of the past due amount owed another party to the agreement plus a service charge. An agreement must keep confidential a person's utility or solid waste disposal account information and must provide for apportionment of collected amounts between the collecting entity and the entity to which the fees are owed.