HOUSE BILL 1031 By Dixie SENATE BILL 996 By Bailey SB0996 002925 - 1 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 4; Title 22; Title 36; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to rights of citizenship. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-29-104, is amended by deleting the section and substituting: The petitioner shall pay the costs of this application unless the court finds proof satisfactory that the petitioner is indigent. SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it, and applies to petitions filed on or after that date.