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AN ACT
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relating to the time for making required reports of deceased |
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residents of this state to a voter registrar and to the secretary of |
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state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 16.001(a) and (b), Election Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Each month the local registrar of deaths shall prepare |
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an abstract of each death certificate issued in the month for a |
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decedent 18 years of age or older who was a resident of the state at |
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the time of death. The local registrar of deaths shall file each |
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abstract with the voter registrar of the decedent's county of |
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residence and the secretary of state as soon as possible, but not |
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later than the seventh [10th] day after the date [of the month |
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following the month in which] the abstract is prepared. |
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(b) Each month the clerk of each court having probate |
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jurisdiction shall prepare an abstract of each application for |
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probate of a will, administration of a decedent's estate, or |
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determination of heirship, and each affidavit under Chapter 205, |
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Estates Code, that is filed in the month with a court served by the |
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clerk. The clerk shall file each abstract with the voter registrar |
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and the secretary of state as soon as possible, but not later than |
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the seventh [10th] day after the date [of the month following the |
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month in which] the abstract is prepared. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1264 was passed by the House on April |
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9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 3, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1264 was passed by the Senate on May |
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19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |