By: Hegar S.B. No. 580

(In the Senate - Filed February 12, 2007; February 26, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; March 7, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; March 7, 2007, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the manner of recording documents filed with a county clerk.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 193.001, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) The clerk shall note at the foot of the record the date and time that the instrument was filed for recording, but if the instrument was recorded electronically the clerk may note on the first page of the instrument the recording information, including the date and time.

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, 2007.

* * * * *