Sec. 2024.053.  CERTIFICATION OF NONCOMPLIANCE; ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL.  (a)  The comptroller shall certify to the commission the fact that a racetrack association or totalisator company:
(1)  does not comply with a rule adopted by the comptroller under this chapter;
(2)  refuses to allow access to or inspection of any of the racetrack association's or totalisator company's required books, records, or financial statements;
(3)  refuses to allow access to or inspection of the totalisator system; or
(4)  becomes delinquent for:
(A)  the state's share of a pari-mutuel pool; or
(B)  any other tax collected by the comptroller.
(b)  With regard to the state's share of a pari-mutuel pool and any penalty related to the state's share, the comptroller, acting independently of the commission, may take any collection or enforcement action authorized under the Tax Code against a delinquent taxpayer.
(c)  An administrative appeal related to the state's share of a pari-mutuel pool or late reporting or deposit of the state's share is to the comptroller and then to the courts, as provided by Title 2, Tax Code.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 963 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2019.