By: Martinez, Springer (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 2830

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015; May 15, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

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.

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