By:  Shapleigh                                         S.B. No. 276
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the application of a seal to an electronic document.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 121.004, Civil Practice and Remedies
 1-5     Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
 1-6           (d)  The application of an embossed seal is not required on
 1-7     an electronically transmitted certificate of an acknowledgement.
 1-8           SECTION 2.  Section 406.013, Government Code, is amended by
 1-9     adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-10           (d)  Subsection (c) does not apply to an electronically
1-11     transmitted authenticated document, except that an electronically
1-12     transmitted authenticated document must legibly reproduce the
1-13     required elements of the seal.
1-14           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-15     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-16     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-17     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-18     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.