By Goolsby H.B. No. 2185
77R3836 SMJ-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to fees collected by a county tax assessor-collector for
1-3 processing certain payments by credit card.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 130.0045, Local Government Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 130.0045. CREDIT CARD PAYMENT PROCESSING FEE. (a) If
1-8 a county tax assessor-collector accepts a credit card invoice as
1-9 conditional payment of a fee or tax, the assessor-collector may
1-10 [shall] collect a fee for processing the invoice.
1-11 (b) The assessor-collector [collector] shall set a [the] fee
1-12 collected under Subsection (a) in an amount that is reasonably
1-13 related to the expense incurred in processing the credit card
1-14 invoice, not to exceed five percent of the amount of the fee or
1-15 tax. The processing fee is in addition to the amount of the fee or
1-16 tax, and may be paid conditionally by including the amount of the
1-17 processing fee on the credit card invoice.
1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-19 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-20 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-21 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-22 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.