Bill Text: TX HB1626 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to specifications for legal papers filed with a county clerk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-22 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1626 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1626-Introduced.html
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By: Miller of Comal | H.B. No. 1626 |
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relating to specifications for legal papers filed with a county | ||
clerk. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 191.007, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (b) and (k) and adding Subsection | ||
(l) to read as follows: | ||
(b) A page is considered to be one side of a sheet of paper. | ||
A page must: | ||
(1) be no wider than 8-1/2 inches and no longer than 14 | ||
inches; | ||
(2) have a sufficient weight and substance so that | ||
printing, typing, or handwriting on it will not smear or bleed | ||
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(3) be printed in type not smaller than 12-point | ||
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it a readable record by a photocopy or photostatic, [ |
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microphotographic, or electronic process used in the office of the | ||
county clerk; | ||
(4) have a side margin of at least one inch on each | ||
side of the page; and | ||
(5) have a top margin of at least three inches on the | ||
first page and a bottom margin of at least three inches on the last | ||
page of the legal paper for the county clerk to stamp, affix, or | ||
otherwise record required information. | ||
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by Subsections (b) through (g) [ |
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any manner alter, amend, impair, or invalidate any document or | ||
legal instrument of any type or character and upon recordation by | ||
the county clerk the document or legal instrument shall be deemed | ||
and considered as fully complying with the provisions of law | ||
dealing with the recordation of documents or legal instruments of | ||
every type and character. | ||
(l) A county clerk may refuse to record a legal paper | ||
executed or prepared for filing or recording that the clerk | ||
determines is not suitable for reproduction, unless the legal paper | ||
cannot be replicated to comply with this section. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to | ||
legal papers filed with a county clerk on or after January 1, 2014. | ||
A legal paper filed with a county clerk before January 1, 2014, is | ||
governed by the law in effect at the time the paper was filed, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014. |