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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain counties to require photo |
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identification to file certain documents with the county clerk. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 191.010(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A county clerk in a county with a population of 800,000 |
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[3.3 million] or more may require a person presenting a document in |
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person for filing in the real property records of the county to |
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present a photo identification to the clerk. The clerk may copy the |
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photo identification or record information from the photo |
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identification. The clerk may not charge a person a fee to copy or |
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record the information from a photo identification. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |