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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to procedures of a county tax assessor-collector for |
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collection of dishonored checks and invoices; authorizing a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.006, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.006. PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTION OF DISHONORED |
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CHECKS AND INVOICES. (a) A county tax assessor-collector may |
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establish procedures for the collection of dishonored checks and |
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credit card invoices. The procedures may include: |
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(1) official notification to the maker that the check |
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or invoice has not been honored and that the receipt, registration, |
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certificate, or other instrument issued on the receipt of the check |
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or invoice is not valid until payment of the fee or tax is made; |
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(2) notification of the sheriff or other law |
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enforcement officers that a check or credit card invoice has not |
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been honored and that the receipt, registration, certificate, or |
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other instrument held by the maker is not valid; [and] |
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(3) notification to the Texas Department of Motor |
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Vehicles, the comptroller of public accounts, or the Department of |
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Public Safety that the receipt, registration, certificate, or other |
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instrument held by the maker is not valid; and |
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(4) referral of a dishonored check or credit card |
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invoice to a private collection agency. |
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(b) If the county tax assessor-collector refers a |
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dishonored check or credit card invoice to a private collection |
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agency under Subsection (a)(4), the private collection agency may |
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charge a fee to the person responsible for the check or invoice in |
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an amount equal to any amount authorized for a returned check under |
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Section 118.011. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |