Bill Text: TX HB3423 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the disputed payment by a credit card or debit card of a vehicle registration fee.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-12 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB3423 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3423-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Raney, Capriglione | H.B. No. 3423 | |
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| relating to the disputed payment by a credit card or debit card of a | ||
| vehicle registration fee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 502.1931 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 502.1931. DISPUTED PAYMENT BY CREDIT CARD OR DEBIT | ||
| CARD. (a) A county assessor-collector who receives from any person | ||
| a payment by credit card or debit card for a registration fee for a | ||
| registration year that has not ended that is returned unpaid | ||
| because the payment by the credit card or debit card has been | ||
| disputed by the credit card or debit card company shall certify the | ||
| fact to the sheriff or a constable or highway patrol officer in the | ||
| county after attempts to contact the person fail to result in the | ||
| collection of payment. The certification must be made before the | ||
| 30th day after the date the assessor-collector is made aware that | ||
| the credit card or debit card payment has been disputed and: | ||
| (1) be under the assessor-collector's official seal; | ||
| (2) include the name and address of the person who | ||
| authorized the credit card or debit card payment; | ||
| (3) include the license plate number and make of the | ||
| vehicle; | ||
| (4) be accompanied by evidence from the credit card or | ||
| debit card company that the company has determined that it will not | ||
| make payment on the disputed credit card or debit card charge; and | ||
| (5) be accompanied by documentation of any attempt to | ||
| contact the person and collect payment. | ||
| (b) On receiving a complaint under Subsection (a) from the | ||
| county assessor-collector, the sheriff, constable, or highway | ||
| patrol officer shall find the person who authorized the credit card | ||
| or debit card payment, if the person is in the county, and demand | ||
| immediate redemption of payment from the person. If the person | ||
| fails or refuses to redeem the payment, the sheriff, constable, or | ||
| highway patrol officer shall: | ||
| (1) seize and remove the license plates and | ||
| registration insignia from the vehicle; and | ||
| (2) return the license plates and registration | ||
| insignia to the assessor-collector. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a payment of a registration fee submitted to a county | ||
| assessor-collector on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
| payment submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed | ||
| by the law in effect on the date the payment was submitted, and the | ||
| former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
