85R9247 YDB-F
By: Burns H.B. No. 2870
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from certain state and local governmental
fees for active duty members of the Texas National Guard and Texas
State Guard.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 437.217(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A member of the National Guard on federal active duty, a
member of the Texas National Guard or Texas State Guard on state
active duty, or a member of the armed forces of the United States on
active duty, who is preparing to be deployed to serve in a hostile
fire zone as designated by the United States secretary of defense is
exempt from paying the following state or local governmental fees
the member incurs because of the deployment to arrange the member's
personal affairs:
(1) fees for obtaining copies of:
(A) a birth certificate;
(B) a recorded marriage license;
(C) a divorce decree;
(D) a child support order;
(E) guardianship documents; and
(F) property tax records;
(2) fees for issuing a marriage license or duplicate
marriage license; and
(3) fees for transferring title to real or personal
property.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a state or local governmental fee assessed on or after the
effective date of this Act. A state or local governmental fee
assessed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law in effect when the fee was assessed, and that law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.