82R1441 EAH-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 69
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the application of a vital statistics record fee to
general records management.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 191.0045(h), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(h) In addition to other fees collected under this section,
a local registrar or county clerk may collect a fee not to exceed $1
for the preservation of vital statistics records maintained by the
registrar or county clerk, including birth, death, fetal death,
marriage, divorce, and annulment records, and for general records
management. A fee under this section shall be collected by the
registrar or county clerk on the issuance of a vital statistics
record, including a record issued through a Remote Birth Access
site.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.