Tex. Water Code § 51.591 · Subchapter M. TAXATION ON THE AD VALOREM BASIS
ATTORNEY TO FILE SUITS TO COLLECT DELINQUENT TAXES.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board shall on or before April 1 of each year employ an attorney to file suits to collect all delinquent taxes.
(b) The attorney is entitled to receive a fee of 10 percent of the amount of all delinquent taxes collected or paid after suits are filed. The fees shall be charged as court costs.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 362, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.51.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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