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Tex. Water Code § 49.2121

ACCEPTANCE OF CREDIT CARDS

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 260 (H.B. 1935), Sec. 1, eff

(a) In this section, "credit card" means a card, plate, or similar device authorizing a designated person or bearer to obtain goods, services, money, or any other thing of value on credit.

(b) A district may:

(1) accept a credit card for the payment of any fees and charges imposed by the district;

(2) collect a fee that is reasonably related to the expense incurred by the district in processing the payment by credit card; and

(3) collect a service charge for the expense incurred by the district in collecting the original fee or charge if the payment by credit card is not honored by the credit card company on which the funds are drawn.

(c) The service charge under Subsection (b)(3) may not exceed the amount charged for the collection of a check drawn on an account with insufficient funds.

(d) The district may not collect the service charge under Subsection (b)(3) if:

(1) the district is notified at the time of payment that the payment is not honored; and

(2) the customer immediately submits to the district an alternative form of payment.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.