Honorable Eddie Lucio Jr., Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1681 by Bohac (Relating to the authority of a county clerk to require an individual to present photo identification to file certain documents.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Local Government Code to authorize a county clerk to require a person filing a document in person to present a photo identification and make a copy of the document that would remain confidential. The clerk could not charge a fee to copy or record the information from a photo identification. The bill specifies a document is not invalid solely because the clerk did not copy the photo identification or record the information.
Local Government Impact
There could be a negative fiscal impact to a county that could not charge a fee to copy or record the information from a photo identification; however, the amounts would vary depending on the number of copies.