Bill Filing: Sunset Tax Lien Industry

HB 1537 by Dutton adds to Sunset’s task list- tax collection. Sunset will be required to review local government’s ability to contract out collection of delinquent taxes. 

When reviewing whether delinquent tax collections should be a contracted service, Sunset will consider:

• Appropriateness of the terms and conditions of contracts 
• Reasonableness of the compensation set in these contracts
•   Quality of the actual representation of attorneys contracted to represent taxing units
• Effectiveness of attorneys with which taxing units have contracted 
• Procedure for determining the property owners against which delinquent tax suits should be brought by attorneys with which taxing units have contracted.