84R8751 LED-F
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 983
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to restrictions on the assessment of the fee charged for
issuance of certain birth records.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 191.0046, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The state registrar, a local registrar, or a county
clerk shall issue without fee a certified copy of a birth record to
an applicant who:
(1) appears in person to obtain the record; and
(2) states that the applicant is requesting the record
for the purpose of obtaining an election identification certificate
under Section 521A.001, Transportation Code.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an
application for a certified copy of a birth record filed on or after
the effective date of this Act. An application for a certified copy
of a birth record filed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on that date, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. 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, 2015.