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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 county clerk to require an individual |
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to present photo identification to file certain documents. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 191, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 191.010 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 191.010. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE PHOTO IDENTIFICATION TO |
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FILE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS. (a) In this section, "photo |
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identification" means one of the following forms of photo |
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identification: |
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(1) a driver's license, election identification |
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certificate, or personal identification card issued to the person |
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by any state or territory of the United States that has not expired |
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or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of |
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presentation; |
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(2) a United States military identification card that |
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contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that |
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expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation; |
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(3) a United States citizenship certificate issued to |
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the person that contains the person's photograph; |
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(4) a United States passport or a passport issued by a |
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foreign government recognized by the United States issued to the |
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person that has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days |
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before the date of presentation; or |
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(5) a license to carry a concealed handgun issued to |
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the person by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired |
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or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of |
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presentation. |
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(b) A county clerk may require a person presenting a |
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document in person for filing in the real property records of the |
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county to present a photo identification to the clerk. The clerk |
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may copy the photo identification or record information from the |
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photo identification. The clerk may not charge a person a fee to |
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copy or record the information from a photo identification. |
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(c) Information copied or recorded from the photo |
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identification is confidential. |
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(d) A document filed with a county clerk is not invalid |
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solely because the county clerk did not copy a photo identification |
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or record the information from the photo identification. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |