Sec. 51.3031. ISSUANCE OF UNITED STATES PASSPORTS. (a) A district clerk may perform all duties necessary to process an application for a United States passport, including taking passport photographs.
(b) To recover the costs of taking passport photographs, a district clerk may collect a reasonable fee in an amount set by the commissioners court of the county in which the district clerk's office is located.
(c) A district clerk, after collecting a fee under Subsection (b), shall pay the fee to the county treasurer, or to an official who discharges the duties of the county treasurer, for deposit in the general fund of the county.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Judicial Personnel and Officials
Section 51.301. Vacancy; Bond; Seal; Signature of Clerk
Section 51.302. Bond; Oath; Insurance
Section 51.303. Duties and Powers
Section 51.3031. Issuance of United States Passports
Section 51.3032. Electronic Display of Official and Legal Notices by District Clerk
Section 51.304. Preservation of Records
Section 51.306. Recording Proceedings of More Than One Court
Section 51.307. Transferred Judgments
Section 51.3071. Transfer of Cases
Section 51.308. Clerk Pro Tempore
Section 51.309. Deputy Clerks and Other Employees
Section 51.310. Deputy District Clerks of Bexar County
Section 51.311. Special Deputy District Clerk in Lubbock and Nueces Counties
Section 51.313. Special Deputy District Clerk in Collin and Denton Counties
Section 51.314. Special Deputy District Clerk in Galveston County
Section 51.315. Special Deputy District Clerks for Certain Courts in Harris County
Section 51.316. Deputy Clerk and Assistant in Hidalgo, Jefferson, and Nueces Counties
Section 51.318. Fees Due When Service Performed or Requested
Section 51.3195. Copies of Court Records Preserved Only on Microfilm or by Electronic Method