HBA-CMT H.B. 2185 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2185 By: Goolsby County Affairs 7/26/2001 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Previous law generally permitted fees to be charged for the acceptance of credit card payments by a county. House Bill 2185 clarifies the authority of a county tax assessor-collector to collect a fee for processing a credit card transaction. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 2185 amends the Local Government and Tax codes to provide that if a county tax assessorcollector accepts a credit card invoice as conditional payment of a fee or tax, the assessor-collector is authorized rather than required to collect a fee for processing the invoice. EFFECTIVE DATE June 11, 2001.