By: McCall H.B. No. 1346 73R622 LJD-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to requirements for instruments that relate to real 1-3 property and that are recorded in Collin County. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 11, Property Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Section 11.008 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 11.008. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND FORMAT REQUIREMENTS 1-8 FOR INSTRUMENTS RECORDED IN COLLIN COUNTY. An instrument executed 1-9 after December 31, 1993, conveying an interest in real property may 1-10 not be recorded in the official public records of Collin County 1-11 unless: 1-12 (1) the instrument has: 1-13 (A) a description of the real property located 1-14 in Collin County by metes and bounds or by subdivision lot and 1-15 block; and 1-16 (B) a blank margin at the top of its first page 1-17 of at least three inches and a blank margin at the bottom of its 1-18 last page of at least six inches; or 1-19 (2) a penalty filing fee in the amount of $25 is paid. 1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.