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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the disbursement of county funds to a person owing |
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delinquent property taxes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 154.025, Local |
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Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In this section, "debt" includes delinquent taxes, |
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fines, fees, and indebtedness arising from written agreements with |
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the county. The term includes delinquent property taxes whether |
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reduced to judgment or not. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 154.045, Local |
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Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In this section, "debt" includes delinquent taxes, |
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fines, fees, and indebtedness arising from written agreements with |
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the county. The term includes delinquent property taxes whether |
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reduced to judgment or not. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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debt for which a notice of indebtedness is filed under Subsection |
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(b), Section 154.025, or Subsection (b), Section 154.045, Local |
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Government Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. Debt |
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for which notice of indebtedness is filed before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the notice was |
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filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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