| (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.
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