Texas § LG.113.903 - COLLECTION MADE BY ONE OFFICER ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER
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§ LG.113.903. COLLECTION MADE BY ONE OFFICER ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER
COLLECTION MADE BY ONE OFFICER ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER. (a) With the prior consent of the commissioners court and the officer to whom funds are owed, a district, county, or precinct officer authorized by law to receive or collect money or other property that belongs to the county may receive or collect, on behalf of another district, county, or precinct officer, money or property owed to the county. (b) If the officer collects money under this section, the officer shall deposit the money in accordance with Section 113.022 . (c) When the officer reports or deposits the collection, the officer shall file with the report or deposit a statement of: (1) the name of the party paying the money; (2) the amount received; (3) the purpose for which the amount was received; and (4) the officer on whose behalf the money was collected. (d) The county auditor, or county clerk if there is no county auditor, and the county treasurer shall attribute money or property received or collected under this section to the account of the officer on whose behalf it is received or collected. (e) A person who accepts a payment under the terms of this section shall issue a receipt for any money received to the payer of the debt. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
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