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| 1 | 1 | By: Wu H.B. No. 4079 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to microfiche, microfilm, or electronic storage of birth | |
| 7 | 7 | records. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 191.032, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 10 | 10 | amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the state registrar | |
| 12 | 12 | shall arrange and permanently preserve birth certificates for | |
| 13 | 13 | births occurring on or after January 1, 2015, on microfiche, | |
| 14 | 14 | microfilm, or an electronic storage media. After transferring a | |
| 15 | 15 | birth certificate onto microfiche, microfilm, or an electronic | |
| 16 | 16 | storage media under this subsection, the registrar shall destroy | |
| 17 | 17 | the original certificate. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |