Texas Local Government Code Title 4, Chapter 130 - Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Affecting Counties

SUBCHAPTER A PAYMENT OF FEES AND TAXES BY CHECK, CREDIT CARD, OR ELECTRONIC MEANS

• Texas Section 130.001 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Check" means an instrument signed by the maker, containing an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money,...
• Texas Section 130.002 - Acceptance Of Check Or Credit Card Payment Of Certain Fees And Taxes
  A county tax assessor-collector may accept a check or credit card invoice for the payment of: (1) motor vehicle registration fees under Chapter 502, Transportation...
• Texas Section 130.003 - Payment Conditional
  (a) The acceptance of a check or credit card invoice for the payment of a fee or tax does not constitute payment of the fee...
• Texas Section 130.004 - Identification Required
  When a county tax assessor-collector receives a check or credit card invoice as conditional payment of a fee or tax, the assessor-collector shall require adequate...
• Texas Section 130.0045 - Credit Card Payment Processing Fee
  (a) If a county tax assessor-collector accepts a credit card invoice as conditional payment of a fee or tax, the assessor-collector may collect a fee...
• Texas Section 130.0046 - Fee For Payment By Electronic Means
  A county tax assessor-collector that accepts payment by electronic means as conditional payment of a county or state fee or tax may collect a handling...
• Texas Section 130.005 - Liability Of Assessor-collector And Bondsman
  Except as provided by Section 130.008, a county tax assessor-collector and the assessor-collector's bondsman are not liable for the amount of any fee or tax...
• Texas Section 130.006 - Procedures For Collection Of Dishonored Checks And Invoices
  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...
• Texas Section 130.007 - Remission To State Not Required; State Assistance In Collection
  (a) If a fee or tax is required to be remitted to the comptroller or the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and if payment was...
• Texas Section 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...

SUBCHAPTER Z OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 130.009 - State Rules
  The comptroller and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles may make rules concerning the acceptance of checks or credit card invoices by a county tax...
• Texas Section 130.901 - Sale Of Rights To Judgment Proceeds
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may sell the rights of the county to any judgment proceeds belonging to the county if the principal...
• Texas Section 130.902 - Change Fund In Counties
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may set aside from the general fund of the county an amount approved by the county auditor for...
• Texas Section 130.904 - Sheriff's Petty Cash Fund
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may establish a petty cash fund for the sheriff's department in an amount set by the commissioners court....
• Texas Section 130.905 - Petty Cash Fund For County Welfare Department In Populous County
  (a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of 1.3 million or more, for the support of paupers through a county welfare department,...
• Texas Section 130.906 - National Forest Receipts Allocated For School Districts And Roads
  The commissioners court of a county in which a national forest is located and that receives funds from the federal government under 16 U.S.C. Section...
• Texas Section 130.907 - Aid To State And Federal Agencies In County With Population Of 22,050 To 23,000
  In each county with a population of 22,050 to 23,000, the commissioners court may provide financial aid and facilities, as the court considers necessary, to...
• Texas Section 130.908 - Approval Of Spending By Certain County And Precinct Officers
  If an incumbent county or precinct officer is not renominated or is not reelected to the county or precinct office of a county, during the...
• Texas Section 130.909 - Petty Cash Funds For Certain Officials
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may set aside from the general fund of the county, for the establishment of a petty cash fund...
• Texas Section 130.910 - Aid To Disaster Victims
  (a) Subject to Subsection (b), the commissioners court of a county may provide money from the general fund of the county to individual residents of...

Last modified: September 28, 2016