S.B. No. 1437
AN ACT
relating to authorizing certain persons to file documents
electronically for recording with a county clerk.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 195.003, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
read as follows:
(a) The following persons may file electronic documents or
other documents electronically for recording with a county clerk
that accepts electronic filing and recording under this chapter:
(1) an attorney licensed in this state;
(2) a bank, savings and loan association, savings
bank, or credit union doing business under laws of the United States
or this state;
(3) a federally chartered lending institution, a
federal government-sponsored entity, an instrumentality of the
federal government, or a person approved as a mortgagee by the
United States to make federally insured loans;
(4) a person licensed to make regulated loans in this
state;
(5) a title insurance company or title insurance agent
licensed to do business in this state; [or]
(6) an agency of this state; or
(7) a municipal clerk.
(a-1) In addition to persons listed under Subsection (a), a
county may authorize a person to file electronic documents or other
documents electronically for recording with a county clerk if the
county enters into a memorandum of understanding with the person
for that purpose. This subsection applies only to a county with a
population of 500,000 or more.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1437 passed the Senate on
April 9, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1437 passed the House on
May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor