H.B. No. 3415
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. 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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3415 was passed by the House on April
30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3415 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 7,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3415 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor