Bill Text: TX SB1764 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the payment of delinquent ad valorem taxes on property subject to a tax sale.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective immediately [SB1764 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1764-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1764 | ||
|
|
||
| relating to the payment of delinquent ad valorem taxes on property | ||
| subject to a tax sale. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 31.06, Tax Code, is amended by amending | ||
| Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Section 31.061, taxes are payable | ||
| only as provided by this section. Except as provided by Subsection | ||
| (e), a [ |
||
| or money order in payment of taxes and shall accept payment by | ||
| credit card or electronic funds transfer. | ||
| (e) A collector may adopt a written policy that requires | ||
| payment of delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and costs and | ||
| expenses recoverable under Section 33.48 only with United States | ||
| currency, a cashier's check, a certified check, or an electronic | ||
| funds transfer if the payment relates to: | ||
| (1) personal property seized under Subchapter B, | ||
| Chapter 33; | ||
| (2) property subject to an order of sale under | ||
| Subchapter C, Chapter 33; or | ||
| (3) real property seized under Subchapter E, Chapter | ||
| 33. | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1764 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 20, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1764 passed the House on | ||
| May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
