Bill Text: TX HB815 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county to require photo identification to file certain documents with the county clerk.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB815 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB815-Introduced.html

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86R5397 MP-F
By: Kuempel H.B. No. 815

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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. The heading to Section 191.010, Local Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 191.010. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE PHOTO IDENTIFICATION TO
FILE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS [IN CERTAIN COUNTIES].
SECTION 2. Section 191.010(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) 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 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.