S.B. No. 492
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 492 passed the Senate on March
  28, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 492 passed the House on April
  20, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 4, two present not
  voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor