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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a business to file electronic |
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documents with a county clerk that accepts electronic filing. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 195.003(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to 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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(3) [(4)] a person licensed to make regulated loans in |
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this state; |
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(4) [(5) a title insurance company or title insurance |
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agent licensed to do business in this state; |
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[(6)] an agency of this state; |
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(5) [or |
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[(7)] a municipal clerk; or |
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(6) a business, including: |
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(A) 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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(B) a title insurance company or title insurance |
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agent licensed to do business in this state; and |
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(C) a utility, including a nonprofit utility |
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corporation or cooperative. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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electronic documents filed on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. Electronic documents filed before the effective date of this |
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Act are governed by the law in effect on the date the document was |
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filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |