Tex. Local Government Code § 130.005
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 130.005, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 130.005. LIABILITY OF ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR AND BONDSMAN.
Official statutory text
Except as provided by Section 130.008, a county tax assessor-collector and the assessor-collector's bondsman are not liable for the amount of any fee or tax for which the assessor-collector has accepted a check that is not honored by the drawee bank or credit card invoice that is not honored by the credit card issuer if the assessor-collector complied with the requirements of Section 130.004 and if the assessor-collector did not know or should not reasonably have known that the check was not properly drawn, that the credit card payment was not properly made, or that the check or credit card invoice would not be honored.
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