Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3415 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/09/2021

                    87R8852 MP-F
 By: Goldman H.B. No. 3415


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the authority of certain counties to require photo
 identification to file certain documents with the county clerk.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 191.010(b), Local Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  A county clerk in a county with a population of 800,000
 [3.3 million] or more may require a person presenting a document in
 person for filing in the real property records of the county to
 present a photo identification to the clerk. 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.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.