79R8134 PAM-D

By:  Dunnam                                                       H.B. No. 2164



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of a county records management and preservation 
fee.    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 118.0216(a), (d), and (e), Local 
Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The fee for "Records Management and Preservation" under 
Section 118.011 is for:
		(1)  the records management and preservation services 
performed by the county clerk after the filing and recording of a 
document in the records of the office of the clerk; or
		(2)  repairs and renovations to facilities used by the 
office of the county clerk to store filed and recorded documents.
	(d)  The fee may be used only to provide funds for:                     
		(1)  specific records management and preservation, 
including for automation purposes; or
		(2)  repairs and renovations to facilities described by 
Subsection (a).
	(e)  In a county that is adjacent to an international 
boundary, the county clerk shall prepare an annual written plan for 
funding the automation projects, [and] records management and 
preservation services performed by the clerk, and repairs and 
renovations to facilities described by Subsection (a).  After a 
public hearing, the plan shall be considered for approval by the 
commissioners court.  Funds from the records management and 
preservation account may be expended only as provided by the plan.  
All expenditures from the records management and preservation 
account shall comply with Subchapter C, Chapter 262.
	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.