Bill Text: TX HB598 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 598 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to procedures of a county tax assessor-collector for collection of dishonored checks and invoices; authorizing a fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-20 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB598 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB598-Introduced.html

	85R4481 DMS-D

	By: Koop	H.B. No. 598



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