Bill Text: TX HB2003 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the review and approval of contingent fee contracts for certain public agencies.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-02 - Postponed 12/25/19 10:00 AM [HB2003 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2003-Comm_Sub.html
| 86R20620 SCL-F | |||
| By: Leach | H.B. No. 2003 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2003: | |||
| By: Meyer | C.S.H.B. No. 2003 | ||
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| relating to the review and approval of contingent fee contracts for | ||
| certain public agencies. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 140.012 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 140.012. CONTINGENT FEE CONTRACT APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR | ||
| PUBLIC AGENCIES. (a) A public agency as defined by Section 30.003, | ||
| Water Code, may not enter into a contract described by Subchapter C, | ||
| Chapter 2254, Government Code, without review and approval by the | ||
| attorney general. | ||
| (b) This section does not apply to: | ||
| (1) a contract to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes | ||
| under Section 6.30, Tax Code, or Subchapter C, Chapter 33, Tax Code; | ||
| (2) a contract to collect delinquent court fines and | ||
| fees under Article 103.0031, Code of Criminal Procedure; | ||
| (3) a contract to collect delinquent accounts | ||
| receivable, including weed liens and paving liens, or other special | ||
| assessments; or | ||
| (4) a type of contract designated by the attorney | ||
| general by rule based on the insignificance of the risk involved or | ||
| the existence of express statutory authority for the contract. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 403.0305, Government Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a contract submitted for review and approval on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. A contract submitted before the | ||
| effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed | ||
| immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2019. | ||
