| 1 | 1 | | By: Paxton S.B. No. 1437 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Sanford) |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to authorizing certain persons to file documents |
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| 8 | 8 | | electronically for recording with a county clerk. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 195.003, Local Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) The following persons may file electronic documents or |
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| 14 | 14 | | other documents electronically for recording with a county clerk |
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| 15 | 15 | | that accepts electronic filing and recording under this chapter: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) an attorney licensed in this state; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) a bank, savings and loan association, savings |
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| 18 | 18 | | bank, or credit union doing business under laws of the United States |
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| 19 | 19 | | or this state; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) a federally chartered lending institution, a |
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| 21 | 21 | | federal government-sponsored entity, an instrumentality of the |
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| 22 | 22 | | federal government, or a person approved as a mortgagee by the |
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| 23 | 23 | | United States to make federally insured loans; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) a person licensed to make regulated loans in this |
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| 25 | 25 | | state; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (5) a title insurance company or title insurance agent |
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| 27 | 27 | | licensed to do business in this state; [or] |
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| 28 | 28 | | (6) an agency of this state; or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (7) a municipal clerk. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a-1) In addition to persons listed under Subsection (a), a |
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| 31 | 31 | | county may authorize a person to file electronic documents or other |
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| 32 | 32 | | documents electronically for recording with a county clerk if the |
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| 33 | 33 | | county enters into a memorandum of understanding with the person |
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| 34 | 34 | | for that purpose. This subsection applies only to a county with a |
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| 35 | 35 | | population of 500,000 or more. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 37 | 37 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 38 | 38 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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