By:  Flynn (Senate Sponsor - Averitt)                             H.B. No. 1140
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2005; 
May 12, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Intergovernmental Relations; May 20, 2005, reported favorably by 
the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 20, 2005, sent to 
printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the specifications and fees for legal papers filed with 
a county clerk.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 191.007(a), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A legal paper presented to a county clerk for filing or 
for recording in any county must meet the requirements prescribed 
by Subsections (b) through (g).  Except as provided by this section, 
a county clerk may not impose additional requirements or fees for 
filing or recording a legal paper.
	SECTION 2.  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, 2005.



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