Bill Text: TX HB1991 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to district or county attorneys engaged in the business of debt collection; authorizing a civil penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-05 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB1991 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1991-Introduced.html
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| By: Turner of Harris | H.B. No. 1991 | |
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| relating to district or county attorneys engaged in the business of | ||
| debt collection; authorizing a civil penalty. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 41.0051 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 41.0051. PRIVATE DEBT COLLECTION PROHIBITED. (a) | ||
| Except as provided by Section 41.005, a district or county attorney | ||
| may not: | ||
| (1) engage in the business of debt collection; or | ||
| (2) allow a third party to use the letterhead or seal | ||
| of the county, the county attorney, or the district attorney to | ||
| engage in the business of debt collection. | ||
| (b) A county or district attorney that violates Subsection | ||
| (a) is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500. | ||
| (c) The attorney general or the appropriate district or | ||
| county attorney may bring an action under this section in the name | ||
| of the state in a district court in: | ||
| (1) Travis County; or | ||
| (2) a county in which any part of the violation occurs. | ||
| (d) A penalty collected under this section by the attorney | ||
| general or a district or county attorney shall be deposited in the | ||
| state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
