H.B. No. 1681

	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of a county clerk to require an individual
	to present photo identification to file certain documents in
	certain counties.
	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 IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (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 Permanent Resident Card that has
	not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date
	of presentation;
	(5)  an identification card issued by a municipality
	intended to serve as a general identification card for the holder
	that has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before
	the date of presentation;
	(6)  a federally recognized tribal enrollment card or
	other form of tribal identification that has not expired or that
	expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation;
	(7)  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
	(8)  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 in a county with a population of 3.3
	million or more
	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.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1681 was passed by the House on May 6,
	2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 4, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 1681 on May 29, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 3,
	2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1681 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 26, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays
	2.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
	__________________
	Governor