By: Bohac (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt)	H.B. No. 1681
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2015;
	May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Intergovernmental Relations; May 22, 2015, reported adversely,
	with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7,
	Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1681	By:  Bettencourt

	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)  In this section, "photo
	identification" means one of the following forms of photo
	identification:
	(1)  a driver's license, election identification
	certificate, or personal identification card issued to the person
	by any state or territory of the United States that has not expired
	or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of
	presentation;
	(2)  a United States military identification card that
	contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that
	expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation;
	(3)  a United States citizenship certificate issued to
	the person that contains the person's photograph;
	(4)  a United States passport or a passport issued by a
	foreign government recognized by the United States issued to the
	person that has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days
	before the date of presentation; or
	(5)  a license to carry a concealed handgun issued to
	the person by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired
	or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of
	presentation.
	(b)  A county clerk 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.
	(c)  Information copied or recorded from the photo
	identification is confidential.
	(d)  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.
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