By: Goldman (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 3415

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021; May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government; May 21, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3415 By: Paxton

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a county to require photo identification to file certain documents with the county clerk.

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

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 191.010, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 191.010. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE PHOTO IDENTIFICATION TO FILE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS [IN CERTAIN COUNTIES].

SECTION 2. Section 191.010(b), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) A county clerk [in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more] may require a person presenting a document in person for filing in the real property records of the county to present a photo identification to the clerk. The clerk may copy the photo identification or record information from the photo identification. The clerk may not charge a person a fee to copy or record the information from a photo identification.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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