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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing certain persons to file documents |
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electronically for recording with a county clerk. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 195.003, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The following persons may file electronic documents or |
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other documents electronically for recording with a county clerk |
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that accepts electronic filing and recording under this chapter: |
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(1) an attorney licensed in this state; |
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(2) a bank, savings and loan association, savings |
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bank, or credit union doing business under laws of the United States |
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or this state; |
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(3) a federally chartered lending institution, a |
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federal government-sponsored entity, an instrumentality of the |
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federal government, or a person approved as a mortgagee by the |
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United States to make federally insured loans; |
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(4) a person licensed to make regulated loans in this |
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state; |
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(5) a title insurance company or title insurance agent |
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licensed to do business in this state; [or] |
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(6) an agency of this state; or |
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(7) a municipal clerk. |
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(a-1) In addition to persons listed under Subsection (a), a |
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county may authorize a person to file electronic documents or other |
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documents electronically for recording with a county clerk if the |
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county enters into a memorandum of understanding with the person |
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for that purpose. This subsection applies only to a county with a |
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population of 500,000 or more. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |