Tex. Local Government Code § 191.002: RECORDS TO BE KEPT IN WELL-BOUND BOOKS OR ON MICROFILM OR OTHER MEDIA.

When the county clerk records an instrument, the clerk shall do so in a suitable well-bound book. However, this requirement does not apply to an instrument recorded and maintained on microfilm or other medium as provided by Chapters 204 and 205 and rules adopted under those chapters.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 50, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.