Bill Text: TX HB2003 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

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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

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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

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 Section 403.0305, Government Code, is repealed.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.