83R7510 AJZ-D
By: Zerwas H.B. No. 3253
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the notation of death on a birth certificate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 191.034, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 191.034. NOTATION OF DEATH ON BIRTH CERTIFICATE. (a)
On receipt of the death certificate of a person [younger than 55
years of age] whose birth is registered in this state, the state
registrar shall conspicuously note the person's date of death [make
a conspicuous notation] on the person's [decedent's] birth
certificate [that the person is dead].
(b) The state registrar shall notify [provide
computer-generated abstracts, transcripts, or copies of the death
certificate to] the county clerk of the county in which the person
[decedent] was born and [to] the local registrar of the
registration district in which the person [decedent] was born of
the person's death. On receipt of the notification of death, the
county clerk or local registrar shall conspicuously note the
person's date of death [make a conspicuous notation] on the person's
[decedent's] birth certificate [that the person is dead].
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, 2013.