Accounting for fees; failure to collect fees.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 2-100
in effectSec. 2-100. - Accounting for fees; failure to collect fees.
Such fees as are collected under this division shall be the property of the city, and shall be accounted for by the officer receiving same, and paid over to the assessor and collector of taxes of the city semi-monthly, on the fifteenth and thirtieth of each month, following the collection thereof, and a failure of any officer or employee to collect such fee when collectible, or to account for same and pay the same over to the assessor and collector of taxes for the city after the collection of same, shall be deemed a malfeasance in office and such officer or employee failing to collect same or to account and pay over same to the assessor and collector of taxes shall be removed.
(Code 1968, § 2-21)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH2AD_ARTIVCIRE_DIV4COGE_S2-100ACFEFACOFEFetched: 10/26/2026
