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.