Bill Text: TX HB2076 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to contract with a vendor for the collection of certain debts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-06 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2076 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2076-Introduced.html
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By: Rodriguez | H.B. No. 2076 |
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relating to the authority of a municipality or county to contract | ||
with a vendor for the collection of certain debts. | ||
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 DEBTS IN CIVIL | ||
CASES. (a) The governing body of a municipality or the | ||
commissioners court of a county may contract with a public or | ||
private vendor for the collection of a debt owed to the municipality | ||
or county relating to a civil case, including an unpaid fine, fee, | ||
or court cost, if the debt is more than 60 days overdue. | ||
(b) A municipality or county contracting with a vendor under | ||
Subsection (a) may authorize a collection fee of not more than 30 | ||
percent of the amount of the debt collected. The collection fee may | ||
be used only to compensate the 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, 2011. |