Bill Text: TX HB2682 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to certain features required for electronic documents recorded with a county clerk in certain counties; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-21 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB2682 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2682-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Elkins | H.B. No. 2682 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2682: | |||
| By: Elkins | C.S.H.B. No. 2682 | ||
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| relating to certain features required for electronic documents | ||
| recorded with a county clerk in certain counties; authorizing a | ||
| fee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 195, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 195.010 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 195.010. ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT FEATURES FOR DOCUMENTS | ||
| FILED IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Extensible Markup Language" means a markup | ||
| metalanguage designed to define data elements using customized | ||
| tags, also referred to as XML. | ||
| (2) "Model 3 instrument" means an electronic document | ||
| imbedded with Extensible Markup Language data that enables the | ||
| electronic extraction of the instrument's indexing information, | ||
| including all information required to be included in the document | ||
| by applicable law or administrative rule. | ||
| (b) A county with a population of 3.3 million or more may | ||
| adopt a requirement that an electronic document filed with the | ||
| county clerk must have the features of a model 3 instrument. | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding Section 195.006, not earlier than the | ||
| first anniversary of the date a county adopts the requirement under | ||
| Subsection (b), the county clerk may charge an additional fee for | ||
| recording an electronic document that does not have all of the | ||
| features of a model 3 instrument. | ||
| (d) A fee under Subsection (c) may not exceed: | ||
| (1) $3 for an electronic document recorded on or after | ||
| the first anniversary and before the second anniversary of the date | ||
| the county adopted the requirement; and | ||
| (2) $5 for an electronic document recorded on or after | ||
| the second anniversary of the date the county adopted the | ||
| requirement. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
