83R24728 TJB-D
 
  By: Bohac H.B. No. 3464
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3464:
 
  By:  Kolkhorst C.S.H.B. No. 3464
 
 
 
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, 2013.