(a) A municipality or county that fails to file a report required under this section within 30 days of the filing deadline shall send to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the Texas Department of Transportation payment in an amount equal to the amount of fines retained by the municipality or county in the fiscal year the report would cover. Amounts owing and unpaid under this subsection shall constitute indebtedness to the state as set forth in Government Code, §403.055 (Payments to Debtors or Delinquents Prohibited), et seq., and the comptroller may take any action authorized by law to recover the debt, which may include referring the matter to the Office of the Attorney General for collection or deducting the amount of indebtedness or delinquency from amounts owed by the state to the municipality or county, as applicable.
(b) The comptroller may report any violation or suspected violation of any rule set forth in Division 1, Fines Retained by Municipalities and Counties for Certain Enforcement Expenses, of this subchapter, that the comptroller is authorized to adopt pursuant to Transportation Code, §644.102 (Municipal and County Enforcement Requirements) to the Department of Public Safety.

Source Note: The provisions of this §1.102 adopted to be effective February 18, 2019, 44 TexReg 709