Tex. Tax Code § 6.30 · Subchapter B. ASSESSORS AND COLLECTORS
ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING TAXING UNITS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The county attorney or, if there is no county attorney, the district attorney shall represent the county to enforce the collection of delinquent taxes if the commissioners court does not contract with a private attorney as provided by Subsection (c) of this section.
(b) The governing body of a taxing unit other than a county may determine who represents the unit to enforce the collection of delinquent taxes. If a taxing unit collects taxes for another taxing unit, the attorney representing the unit to enforce the collection of delinquent taxes may represent the other unit with consent of its governing body.
(c) The governing body of a taxing unit may contract with any competent attorney to represent the unit to enforce the collection of delinquent taxes. The attorney's compensation is set in the contract, but the total amount of compensation provided may not exceed 20 percent of the amount of delinquent tax, penalty, and interest collected.
(d) Repealed by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4829, ch. 851, Sec. 28, eff. Aug. 29, 1983.
(e) A contract with an attorney that does not conform to the requirements of this section is void.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2231, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 126, ch. 13, Sec. 28, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4829, ch. 851, Sec. 4, 28, eff. Aug. 29, 1983.
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Cited by 7 provisions
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- Tex. Tax Code § 6.24CONTRACTS FOR ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION.Printed as Section 6.30
- Tex. Tax Code § 33.07ADDITIONAL PENALTY FOR COLLECTION COSTS FOR TAXES DUE BEFORE JUNE 1.Printed as Section 6.30
- Tex. Tax Code § 33.08ADDITIONAL PENALTY FOR COLLECTION COSTS FOR TAXES DUE ON OR AFTER JUNE 1.Printed as Section 6.30
- Tex. Tax Code § 33.11EARLY ADDITIONAL PENALTY FOR COLLECTION COSTS FOR TAXES IMPOSED ON PERSONAL PROPERTY.Printed as Section 6.30
- Tex. Tax Code § 33.22INSTITUTION OF SEIZURE.Printed as Section 6.30
- Tex. Tax Code § 33.92INSTITUTION OF SEIZURE.Printed as Section 6.30
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