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<br />. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />CONTRACT FOR THE COLLECTION OF <br />DELINQUENT TAXES <br /> <br />THE STATE OF TEXAS <br /> <br />COUNTY OF HARRIS <br /> <br />THIS CONTRACT is made .between the CITY OF LA PORTE TEXAS a political subdivision of the <br />State of Texas, acting by and through its City Counsel, hereinafter called Taxing Authority, and PERDUE, <br />BRANDON, FIELDER, COLLINS & MOTT, L.L.P., Attorneys at Law, Houston, Texas, or their duly <br />authorized representatives, hereinafter called the Firm. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Taxing Authority agrees to employ and does hereby employ the Firm to enforce by suit or otherwise, the <br />collection of all delinquent taxes, penalty and interest, owing to the Taxing Authority which the Taxing <br />Authority's Tax Collector refers to the Firm, provided current years taxes becoming delinquent within the <br />period of this contract shall become subject to its terms upon the following conditions: <br /> <br />A. Taxes that become delinquent during the term of this Contract that are not <br />delinquent for any' prior year become subject to the terms of this Contract <br />on the 1st day of July, of the year in which they become delinquent; and <br /> <br />B. Taxes that become delinquent during the term of this Contract on property <br />that is delinquent for prior years shall become subject to its term on the <br />first day of delinquency when such property is under litigation or comes <br />under litigation or is referred to the Firm for collection by $e Taxing <br />Authority's Tax Collector. <br /> <br />c. Taxing Authority reserves the right to make the final decision as to <br />whether or not to enforce by suit any delinquent tax account turned over <br />to the Firm for collection. <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />The Firm is to call to the attention of the tax collector or officials any errors, double assessments or <br />other discrepancies discovered during the progress of the work, and is to intervene on behalf of the Taxing <br />Authority in all suits for taxes hereafter filed by any taxing unit on property located within its taxing <br />jurisdiction. <br /> <br />flI <br /> <br />The Firm agrees to make progress reports to the Taxing Authority on request, and advise the Taxing <br />Authority of all cases where investigation reveals taxpayers to be financially unable to pay their delinquent <br />taxes. <br />