1-1     By:  Madla                                            S.B. No. 1171
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2001; March 8, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
 1-4     Relations; March 28, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 28, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to authorizing certain populous counties to recover
 1-9     certain transaction fees for fines and other charges paid by credit
1-10     card.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Section 132.003, Local Government Code, is
1-13     amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-14           (d)  In addition to the fee set under Subsection (a), the
1-15     commissioners court of a county with a population of one million or
1-16     more may authorize a county or precinct officer to collect on
1-17     behalf of the county from a person making payment by credit card an
1-18     amount equal to the amount of any transaction fee charged to the
1-19     county by a vendor providing services in connection with payments
1-20     made by credit card.  The limitation prescribed by Subsection (a)
1-21     on the amount of a fee does not apply to a fee collected under this
1-22     subsection.
1-23           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-24     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-25     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-26     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-27     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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