Tex. Health & Safety Code § 771.077 · Subchapter D. FINANCING STATE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
COLLECTION OF FEES AND SURCHARGES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The comptroller may establish collection procedures to collect past due amounts and may recover the costs of collection from a service provider or business service user that fails to timely deliver the fees and the equalization surcharge to the comptroller. Subtitles A and B, Title 2, Tax Code, apply to the administration and collection of amounts by the comptroller under this subchapter.
(b) The comptroller may establish procedures to be used by the commission to notify the comptroller of a service provider's or business service user's failure to timely deliver the fees or surcharges.
(c) The comptroller shall deposit amounts received as costs of collection in the general revenue fund.
(d) The comptroller shall:
(1) remit to the commission money collected under this section for fees provided by Section 771.0711 and associated late penalties;
(2) deposit to the 9-1-1 services fee account any money collected under this section for fees provided by Section 771.071 and associated late penalties; and
(3) deposit to the account as authorized by Section 771.072 any money collected under this section for fees provided by Section 771.072 and associated late penalties.
(e) The commission shall:
(1) deposit or distribute the money remitted under Subsection (d)(1) as Section 771.0711 provides for fees received under that section; and
(2) distribute the money remitted under Subsection (d)(2) and appropriated to the commission under contracts as provided by Section 771.078(b)(1).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 638, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1405, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 86, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.771.htm
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 771.071EMERGENCY SERVICE FEE.Printed as Section 771.071
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 771.0711EMERGENCY SERVICE FEE FOR WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTIONS.Printed as Section 771.0711
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 771.072EQUALIZATION SURCHARGE.Printed as Section 771.072
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 771.078CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES.Printed as Section 771.078(b)(1)
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