Bill Text: TX HB1681 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county clerk to require an individual to present photo identification to file certain documents in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective immediately [HB1681 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1681-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county clerk to require an individual to present photo identification to file certain documents in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective immediately [HB1681 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1681-Engrossed.html
| By: Bohac | H.B. No. 1681 | |
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| relating to the authority of certain county clerks 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 IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) 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 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. | ||
