Bill Text: TX HB1195 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain county and district clerks to obtain and retain information that identifies a person filing a document or requesting services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Effective immediately [HB1195 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1195-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1195 |
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relating to the authority of certain county and district clerks to | ||
obtain and retain information that identifies a person filing a | ||
document or requesting services. | ||
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 that allows for electronic | ||
filing of documents in the real property records of the county [ |
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document in person for filing in the real property records [ |
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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. Section 191.011, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (b) and (d) and adding Subsection | ||
(b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b) A county clerk or district clerk in a county that allows | ||
for electronic filing or recording of documents or other | ||
instruments [ |
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an individual to present photo identification and copy or record | ||
identifying information, including a document on which the | ||
information is viewable, if the [ |
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(1) presents a document or other instrument for filing | ||
or recording to the county clerk or district clerk; or | ||
(2) requests or obtains an ex officio service or other | ||
public service provided by the county clerk or district clerk. | ||
(b-1) A county clerk or district clerk who requires an | ||
individual to present photo identification under Subsection (b) may | ||
not accept a document or other instrument for filing or recording if | ||
the individual presents the document or other instrument in person | ||
and does not have or refuses to provide a photo identification. | ||
(d) Except as otherwise required or authorized by law, a | ||
county clerk or district clerk may not[ |
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information. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1195 was passed by the House on April | ||
20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 1195 on May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1195 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |