By: Gutierrez S.B. No. 1689               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to third-party debt collection of traffic fines in certain   counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Subtitle B, Title 14, Local   Government Code, is amended by adding section 615.025 to read as   follows:          Section 615.025. PROHIBITION ON THIRD-PARTY DEBT COLLECTION.     (a)  This section applies only to a county with a population of 1.7   million, but not more than 1.8 million.          (b)  A county described by subsection (a) may not use a   third-party debt collector as defined by Chapter 392, Finance Code,   for the collection of a traffic fine assessed by a justice court.           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.