Sec. 130.008. LIABILITY OF TAX COLLECTOR FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBCHAPTER. If the comptroller or the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles determines that the county tax assessor-collector has accepted payment for fees and taxes to be remitted to that department in violation of Section 130.004 or that more than two percent of the fees and taxes to be received from the assessor-collector are not remitted because of the acceptance of checks that are not honored by the drawee bank or of credit card invoices that are not honored by the credit card issuer, the department may notify the assessor-collector that the assessor-collector may not accept a check or credit card invoice for the payment of any fee or tax to be remitted to that department. A county tax assessor-collector who accepts a check or credit card invoice for the payment of a fee or tax, after notice that the assessor-collector may not receive a check or credit card invoice for the payment of fees or taxes to be remitted to a department, is liable to the state for the amount of the check or credit card invoice accepted.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 23(a)(3), eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 737, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 22(46), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 933 (H.B. 3097), Sec. 3H.03, eff. September 1, 2009.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 130 - Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Affecting Counties
Subchapter A. Payment of Fees and Taxes by Check, Credit Card, or Electronic Means
Section 130.002. Acceptance of Check or Credit Card Payment of Certain Fees and Taxes
Section 130.003. Payment Conditional
Section 130.004. Identification Required
Section 130.0045. Credit Card Payment Processing Fee
Section 130.0046. Fee for Payment by Electronic Means
Section 130.005. Liability of Assessor-Collector and Bondsman
Section 130.006. Procedures for Collection of Dishonored Checks and Invoices
Section 130.007. Remission to State Not Required; State Assistance in Collection
Section 130.008. Liability of Tax Collector for Violations of Subchapter