Tex. Gov't Code § 2054.271 · Subchapter I. STATE ELECTRONIC INTERNET PORTAL PROJECT
AUTHENTICATION OF INDIVIDUAL IDENTITIES AND SIGNATURES; RULES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department or another state agency or local government that uses the project may use the Department of Public Safety's or another state agency's database, as appropriate, to authenticate an individual's identity on the project.
(b) The authentication allowed by this section may be used by the state agency or local government as an alternative to requiring a notarized document, a document signed by a third party, or an original signature on a document.
(c) The department may adopt rules regarding the use of a standardized database for authentication under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1216, Sec. 14, eff. June 20, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1260 (H.B. 2048), Sec. 16, eff. June 18, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2054.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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