By: Wu H.B. No. 4079
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to microfiche, microfilm, or electronic storage of birth
records.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 191.032, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the state registrar
shall arrange and permanently preserve birth certificates for
births occurring on or after January 1, 2015, on microfiche,
microfilm, or an electronic storage media. After transferring a
birth certificate onto microfiche, microfilm, or an electronic
storage media under this subsection, the registrar shall destroy
the original certificate.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.