Bill Text: TX SB970 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the review and approval of contingent fee contracts for certain public agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-13 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [SB970 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB970-Engrossed.html
| By: Creighton | S.B. No. 970 | |
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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 contingent fee contract to collect delinquent ad | ||
| valorem taxes under Section 6.30, Tax Code, or Subchapter C, | ||
| Chapter 33, Tax Code; | ||
| (2) a contingent fee contract to collect delinquent | ||
| court fines and fees under Article 103.0031, Code of Criminal | ||
| Procedure; | ||
| (3) a contingent fee contract to collect delinquent | ||
| accounts receivable, including weed liens and paving liens, or | ||
| other special assessments; | ||
| (4) a contingent fee contract for services rendered in | ||
| connection with the issuance of a public security under Section | ||
| 1201.027, Government Code; or | ||
| (5) a type of contingent fee contract designated by | ||
| the attorney general by rule based on the insignificance of the risk | ||
| involved or the existence of 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 Section 403.0305, Government Code, is repealed.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. | ||
