By: Bell of Kaufman, et al. H.B. No. 1264
(Senate Sponsor - Springer)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2021;
April 13, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 10, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 10, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the time for making required reports of deceased
residents of this state to a voter registrar and to the secretary of
state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 16.001(a) and (b), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) Each month the local registrar of deaths shall prepare
an abstract of each death certificate issued in the month for a
decedent 18 years of age or older who was a resident of the state at
the time of death. The local registrar of deaths shall file each
abstract with the voter registrar of the decedent's county of
residence and the secretary of state as soon as possible, but not
later than the seventh [10th] day after the date [of the month
following the month in which] the abstract is prepared.
(b) Each month the clerk of each court having probate
jurisdiction shall prepare an abstract of each application for
probate of a will, administration of a decedent's estate, or
determination of heirship, and each affidavit under Chapter 205,
Estates Code, that is filed in the month with a court served by the
clerk. The clerk shall file each abstract with the voter registrar
and the secretary of state as soon as possible, but not later than
the seventh [10th] day after the date [of the month following the
month in which] the abstract is prepared.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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