| 1 | 1 | | 84R8751 LED-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Schofield H.B. No. 2576 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to restrictions on the assessment of the fee charged for |
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| 8 | 8 | | issuance of certain birth records. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 191.0046, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (e) The state registrar, a local registrar, or a county |
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| 13 | 13 | | clerk shall issue without fee a certified copy of a birth record to |
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| 14 | 14 | | an applicant who: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) appears in person to obtain the record; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) states that the applicant is requesting the record |
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| 17 | 17 | | for the purpose of obtaining an election identification certificate |
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| 18 | 18 | | under Section 521A.001, Transportation Code. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an |
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| 20 | 20 | | application for a certified copy of a birth record filed on or after |
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| 21 | 21 | | the effective date of this Act. An application for a certified copy |
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| 22 | 22 | | of a birth record filed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 23 | 23 | | governed by the law in effect on that date, and the former law is |
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| 24 | 24 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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