75R10864 MWV-F
By Dunnam H.B. No. 3081
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3081:
By Yarbrough C.S.H.B. No. 3081
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain deductions from certain payments made by the
1-3 Texas Lottery Commission.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 466.358, Government Code, is amended by
1-6 adding Subsections (c)-(e) to read as follows:
1-7 (c) The executive director shall deduct the amount of a
1-8 delinquent tax or other money from the payments made as
1-9 compensation to a sales agent who has been finally determined to
1-10 be:
1-11 (1) delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money
1-12 collected by the comptroller, the Texas Workforce Commission, or
1-13 the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
1-14 (2) delinquent in making child support payments
1-15 administered or collected by the attorney general;
1-16 (3) in default on a loan made under Chapter 52,
1-17 Education Code; or
1-18 (4) in default on a loan guaranteed under Chapter 57,
1-19 Education Code.
1-20 (d) If a sales agent's compensation exceeds a delinquency
1-21 under Subsection (c), the director shall pay the balance to the
1-22 sales agent. The director shall transfer the amount deducted to
1-23 the appropriate agency.
1-24 (e) The attorney general, comptroller, Texas Workforce
2-1 Commission, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Texas Higher
2-2 Education Coordinating Board, and Texas Guaranteed Student Loan
2-3 Corporation shall each provide the executive director with a report
2-4 of persons who have been finally determined to be delinquent in the
2-5 payment of a tax or other money collected by the agency. The
2-6 commission shall adopt rules regarding the form and frequency of
2-7 reports under this subsection.
2-8 SECTION 2. Sections 466.407(a) and (c), Government Code, are
2-9 amended to read as follows:
2-10 (a) The executive director shall deduct the amount of a
2-11 delinquent tax or other money from the winnings of a person who has
2-12 been finally determined to be:
2-13 (1) delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money
2-14 collected by the comptroller, the Texas Workforce Commission [state
2-15 treasurer], or the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
2-16 (2) delinquent in making child support payments
2-17 administered or collected by the attorney general;
2-18 (3) in default on a loan made under Chapter 52,
2-19 Education Code; or
2-20 (4) in default on a loan guaranteed under Chapter 57,
2-21 Education Code.
2-22 (c) The attorney general, comptroller, Texas Workforce
2-23 Commission [state treasurer], Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission,
2-24 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and Texas Guaranteed
2-25 Student Loan Corporation shall each provide the executive director
2-26 with a report of persons who have been finally determined to be
2-27 delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the
3-1 agency. The commission shall adopt rules regarding the form and
3-2 frequency of reports under this subsection.
3-3 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
3-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-8 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-9 passage, and it is so enacted.