Bill Text: TX SB1451 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the disputed payment by a credit card or debit card of a vehicle registration fee.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-23 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB1451 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1451-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1451 |
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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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1451 passed the Senate on | ||
April 15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1451 passed the House on | ||
May 12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 6, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |