1. (a) When the tax rolls are ready for delivery to the tax assessor-collector, the court or officer that has control of the tax rolls shall obtain a written receipt from the tax assessor-collector for the rolls.
2. (b) The receipt must specify the amount assessed and due to the county as listed on the tax rolls and shall state separately the amount assessed to each fund.
3. (c) The court or officer shall deliver the receipt to the county clerk, who shall charge in the proper account in the county finance records the tax assessor-collector with the amount stated in the receipt. Those amounts shall be treated as debts owed to the county by the tax assessor-collector.

4. (d) The tax assessor-collector shall discharge the indebtedness within the time prescribed by law by filing receipts with the county clerk for the discharged indebtedness as follows:

   1. (1) the commission due to the tax assessor-collector;
   2. (2) proper vouchers for any amount that the tax assessor-collector is required to pay out of money on hand; and
   3. (3) the county treasurer's receipt for the money paid into the treasury.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.