2001-295 0RDINANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE ADDITION
OF COLLECTION FEES IN THE AMOUNT OF THIRTY PERCENT (30%) ON EACH DEBT
OR ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE SUCH AS FINES, FEES, RESTITUTION AND OTHER
DEBTS OR COSTS, NOT INCLUDING FORFEITED BONDS, THAT ARE MORE THAN
SIXTY DAYS PAST DUE AND THAT HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO A COLLECTION
AGENCY; PROVIDING FOR A REPEALER, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EXPIRATION DATE
WHEREAS, Article 103 0031 of the Code of Criminal Procedure prowdes that the
governing body of a mumclpahty that has entered ~nto a contract with a private vendor for
collection serwces may also authorize the addmon of collecUon fees m the amount of thirty
percent (30%) on each debt or account receivable such as fines, fees, restitution and other debts
and costs, not including forfeited bonds, that are more than s~xty days past due and that have
been referred to the private vendor or collection agency, and
WHEREAS, the City of Denton currently has a contract to provide for such collection
and beheves it is an the public interest to assess the addmonal collection fees, NOW,
THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION 1 The collection of an additional thirty percent (30%) collection fee is hereby
authorized on each debt or account receivable such as fines, fees, reshtutlon, and other debts or
costs, not including forfeited bonds, that are more than s~xty days past due and that have been
referred to a private vendor or collecUon agency pursuant to Arhcle 103 0031 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure
SECTION 2 That all ordinances or parts of ordinances m force when the prowsmns of
this ordinance became effective which are ~ncons~stent, or ~n conflmt w~th the terms or
provlsmns contained ~n this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of any such conflmt
SECTION 3 That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word
~n tNs ordinance, or application thereof to any person or c~mumstances ~s held ~nvahd by any
court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the vahdlty of the remalmng
portions of this ordinance, and the C~ty Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares ~t
would have enacted such remmnmg portions despite any such ~nvalld~ty
SECTION 4 That tNs ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14) days from the date
of 1ts passage and the City Secretary is hereby directed to cause the capUon of this ordinance to
be pubhshed twice m the Denton Record-Chromcle, the official newspaper of the C~ty of
Denton, Texas, wltNn ten (10) days of the date of its passage
EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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