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