Bill Text: TX HB4739 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the elimination of the requirement that a portion of certain retail charge agreement delinquency fees be remitted to the comptroller.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Passed) 2025-05-29 - Effective on 1/1/26 [HB4739 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB4739-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 4739

AN ACT
relating to the elimination of the requirement that a portion of
certain retail charge agreement delinquency fees be remitted to the
comptroller.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 345.157(d), Finance Code, is repealed.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not
affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this
Act. That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been
enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the
collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of
the liability for those taxes.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4739 was passed by the House on April
30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4739 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor