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Fees, Fines Go Uncollected In Texas
As much as $1 billion in fees and fines owed some state agencies has gone uncollected.
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(December 26,, 2008)--Some state funded-agencies have as much as $1 billion in uncollected fees, fines and penalties for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, according to a survey from the Legislative Budget Board provided to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Fees drive a significant portion of the state's almost $168 billion budget for 2008-09 biennium, allowing local government to keep taxes down.
For $1 billion, the state could fund five of its Top 15 funded agencies, or Jerry Jones could build another football stadium in Arlington.
According to the survey, the Texas Ethics Commission couldn't collect a third of $1.58 million of fees and penalties it assessed in fiscal 2007.
Publicly funded colleges, universities, and public safety and criminal justice institutions lost more than 95 cents of every dollar left uncollected.
Most state agencies turn delinquent customers over to collection agencies.
A spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said the state has a warrant hold system that allows Texas to apply money toward debt from future payments the debtor receives from the state.
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