Tex. Gov't Code § 403.209 · Subchapter J. SUITS BY PERSONS OWING TAXES OR FEES
SUBMISSION OF PROTEST PAYMENTS TO COMPTROLLER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An officer who receives payments of taxes or fees made under protest as required by Section 403.202 shall each day send to the comptroller the payments, a list of the persons making the payments, and a written statement that the payments were made under protest.
(b) The comptroller shall deposit each payment made under protest in the General Revenue Fund or to the fund or funds to which the tax or fee is allocated by law.
(c) The comptroller or the officer who receives a payment made under protest, if designated by the comptroller, shall maintain detailed records of the payment made under protest.
(d) For purposes of a tax or fee paid under protest under this subchapter, the interest to be credited on the tax or fee is an amount equal to the amount of interest that would have been earned by the tax or fee if the tax or fee had been deposited into the suspense account of the comptroller.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 232, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 7.21, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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