Bill Text: TX HB2021 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to contract for the collection of certain amounts; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2021 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2021-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2021 |
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relating to the authority of a municipality or county to contract | ||
for the collection of certain amounts; authorizing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 140.009 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 140.009. CONTRACT FOR COLLECTION OF AMOUNTS IN CIVIL | ||
CASES. (a) The governing body of a municipality or the | ||
commissioners court of a county may contract with a private | ||
attorney or public or private vendor for the collection of an amount | ||
owed to the municipality or county relating to a civil case, | ||
including an unpaid fine, fee, or court cost, if the amount is more | ||
than 60 days overdue. | ||
(b) A municipality or county contracting with an attorney or | ||
a vendor under Subsection (a) may authorize the addition of a | ||
collection fee of 30 percent of the amount referred. The collection | ||
fee may be used only to compensate the attorney or vendor who | ||
collects the debt. | ||
(c) This section does not apply to the collection of | ||
commercial bail bonds. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2021 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 5, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2021 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |