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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Local Government Code § 116.154: LIABILITY OF DEPOSITORY PENDING COLLECTION OF DEPOSITS.

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  1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 4. FINANCES
  3. SUBTITLE B. COUNTY FINANCES
  4. CHAPTER 116. DEPOSITORIES FOR COUNTY PUBLIC FUNDS
  5. SUBCHAPTER F. LIABILITIES

A county depository that uses due diligence to collect a check, draft, or demand for money deposited by the county with the depository is not liable for the collection until the proceeds have been received by the depository. The depository shall charge the county and the county shall pay a collection expense that the depository may not pay or absorb because of a federal law or a regulation adopted by the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System or by the board of directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

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