84R20386 TJB-F
	By: Bohac	H.B. No. 1681
	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1681:
	By:  Romero, Jr.	C.S.H.B. No. 1681

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of a county clerk to require an individual
	to present photo identification to file certain documents.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 191, Local Government Code, is amended
	by adding Section 191.010 to read as follows:
	Sec. 191.010.  AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE PHOTO IDENTIFICATION TO
	FILE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS. (a) A county clerk may require a person
	presenting a document in person for filing in the real property
	records of the county to present to the clerk a photo identification
	verifying the identity of the person. The clerk may determine the
	forms of photo identification that may be presented to verify the
	identity of the person. 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.
	(b)  Information copied or recorded from the photo
	identification is confidential.
	(c)  A document filed with a county clerk is not invalid
	solely because the county clerk did not copy a photo identification
	or record the information from the photo identification.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.