Procurement. TX Attorney General Request. Private Companies Collecting Local Unpaid Fees.

The question for the Office of Attorney General? Can a company that has “contracted with a county to collect amounts owed to a county’s court, charge a fee for the use of credit cards by the defendant to pay those debts?”

Who is asking for this opinion? Cooke County Auditor

What’s the background?  Opinion KP-0095 looks to say that the fee can be charged by 3rd party vendors & counties are excluded from surcharge fee prohibition in the Business & Commerce Code.

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