By: Goldman (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 3415
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021;
May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
Government; May 21, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0;
May 21, 2021, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3415 By: Paxton
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a county 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. The heading to Section 191.010, Local Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 191.010. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE PHOTO IDENTIFICATION TO
FILE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS [IN CERTAIN COUNTIES].
SECTION 2. Section 191.010(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A county clerk [in a county with a population of 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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