84R23133 TJB-D

By: Martinez, Springer H.B. No. 2830

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2830:

By: Farias C.S.H.B. No. 2830

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the duty of a county to refund an amount of $2 or less paid to the county clerk or district clerk.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 130, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 130.911 to read as follows:

Sec. 130.911. COUNTY REFUND OF SMALL AMOUNT. A county is not required to refund an amount overpaid or otherwise paid in error to the county clerk or district clerk by a person if that amount is $2 or less unless the person requests the refund in writing.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.