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Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided May 12, 2009Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable Jeff Wentworth Chair, Committee on Jurisprudence Texas State Senate Post Office Box 12068 Austin, Texas 78711-2068

Re: Authority of a county to contract with a private entity for the collection of delinquent fines, fees, and court costs (RQ-0752-GA)

Dear Senator Wentworth:

You ask whether a county "contract with a private firm [under article103.0031 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure] for the collection of delinquent fines, fees and court costs arising from its justice, county and district courts interferes with or in any way abrogates the authority" of the county criminal…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Walker v. GutierrezTexas Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Perkins v. Court of Appeals for Third Supreme Judicial District of TexasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  3. Maud, Tax Collector v. Terrell, ComptrollerTexas Supreme Court · 1918
  4. State v. MooreCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  5. Brady v. BrooksTexas Supreme Court · 1905

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