81R28465 CS-F
By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 2677
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amendment of a birth certificate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 191.028, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Not later than the 30th business day after the date the
department receives an amending certificate, the department shall
notify the individual of whether the amendment has been accepted
for filing.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to amending certificates
filed on or after the effective date of this Act. Amending
certificates filed before the effective date of this Act are
governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.