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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain features required for electronic documents |
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recorded with a county clerk; authorizing a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 195, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 195.010 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 195.010. ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT FEATURES. (a) In this |
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section: |
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(1) "Extensible Markup Language" means a markup |
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metalanguage designed to define data elements using customized |
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tags, also referred to as XML. |
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(2) "Model 3 instrument" means an electronic document |
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imbedded with Extensible Markup Language data that enables the |
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electronic extraction of the instrument's indexing information, |
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including all information required to be included in the document |
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by applicable law or administrative rule. |
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(b) A county may adopt a requirement that an electronic |
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document filed with the county clerk must have the features of a |
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model 3 instrument. |
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(c) Notwithstanding Section 195.006, not earlier than the |
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first anniversary of the date a county adopts the requirement under |
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Subsection (b), the county clerk may charge an additional fee for |
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recording an electronic document that does not have all of the |
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features of a model 3 instrument. |
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(d) A fee under Subsection (c) may not exceed: |
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(1) $3 for an electronic document recorded on or after |
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the first anniversary and before the second anniversary of the date |
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the county adopted the requirement; and |
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(2) $5 for an electronic document recorded on or after |
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the second anniversary of the date the county adopted the |
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requirement. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |