By: West S.B. No. 492     (Koop)           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.