84R20386 TJB-F
By: Bohac H.B. No. 1681
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1681:
By: Romero, Jr. C.S.H.B. No. 1681
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a county clerk to require an individual
to present photo identification to file certain documents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 191, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 191.010 to read as follows:
Sec. 191.010. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE PHOTO IDENTIFICATION TO
FILE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS. (a) A county clerk may require a person
presenting a document in person for filing in the real property
records of the county to present to the clerk a photo identification
verifying the identity of the person. The clerk may determine the
forms of photo identification that may be presented to verify the
identity of the person. The clerk may copy the photo identification
or record information from the photo identification. The clerk may
not charge a person a fee to copy or record the information from a
photo identification.
(b) Information copied or recorded from the photo
identification is confidential.
(c) A document filed with a county clerk is not invalid
solely because the county clerk did not copy a photo identification
or record the information from the photo identification.
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, 2015.