H.B. No. 1341
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the operation and funding of the Work and Family
1-3 Policies Clearinghouse.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 191.0045, Health and Safety Code, is
1-6 amended by amending Subsections (d) and (f) and adding Subsection
1-7 (g) to read as follows:
1-8 (d) A local registrar who issues a certified copy of a birth
1-9 or death certificate shall charge the same fees <fee> as charged by
1-10 the bureau of vital statistics, including the additional fee
1-11 required under Subsection (e), except as provided by Subsection
1-12 (g).
1-13 (f) The fees collected under Subsection (e) shall be
1-14 deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the work and
1-15 family policies fund. Money in the fund may be used only for the
1-16 purposes prescribed by Section 81.006, Labor Code <4, Article
1-17 5221g-1, Revised Statutes>.
1-18 (g) A local registrar that on March 31, 1995, was charging a
1-19 fee for the issuance of a certified copy of a birth certificate
1-20 that exceeded the fee charged by the bureau of vital statistics for
1-21 the same type of certificate may continue to do so but shall not
1-22 raise this fee until the fee charged by the bureau exceeds the fee
1-23 charged by the local registrar. A local registrar to which this
1-24 subsection applies shall charge the additional fee as required
2-1 under Subsection (e).
2-2 SECTION 2. Section 191.022, Health and Safety Code, is
2-3 amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
2-4 (f) A local registrar who collects a fee for a certified
2-5 copy of a birth certificate shall deduct 20 cents of that fee to
2-6 apply to the registrar's administrative costs and remit $1.80 of
2-7 that fee to the comptroller for deposit in the work and family
2-8 policies fund.
2-9 SECTION 3. Section 118.015, Local Government Code, is
2-10 amended to read as follows:
2-11 Sec. 118.015. Birth or Death Certificate. (a) The fee for
2-12 "Birth or Death Certificate" under Section 118.011 is for issuing a
2-13 certified copy of a birth certificate or death certificate and is
2-14 the same as the fee charged under Subchapter C, Chapter 191, Health
2-15 and Safety Code, by the state registrar of vital statistics and the
2-16 local registrar of births and deaths.
2-17 (b) A county clerk who collects a fee under this section for
2-18 a certified copy of a birth certificate shall deduct 20 cents of
2-19 that fee to apply to the clerk's administrative costs and remit
2-20 $1.80 of that fee to the comptroller for deposit in the work and
2-21 family policies fund.
2-22 SECTION 4. Chapter 81, Labor Code, is amended by adding
2-23 Section 81.0045 to read as follows:
2-24 Sec. 81.0045. DEPENDENT CARE GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The
2-25 clearinghouse may establish a grant program to provide funds to
2-26 public or private persons to conduct demonstration dependent care
2-27 projects.
3-1 (b) The clearinghouse shall adopt rules governing the
3-2 submission and approval of grant requests and the cancellation of
3-3 grants.
3-4 (c) To receive a grant, a person whose grant is approved
3-5 must execute an interagency agreement or a contract with the
3-6 clearinghouse. The contract must require the person receiving the
3-7 grant to perform the services as stated in the approved grant
3-8 request. The contract must contain appropriate provisions for
3-9 program and fiscal monitoring.
3-10 SECTION 5. Section 81.006(a), Labor Code, is amended to read
3-11 as follows:
3-12 (a) The work and family policies fund is in the state
3-13 treasury. Money in the fund is derived from fees deposited as
3-14 required by Sections <Section> 191.0045 and 191.022(f), Health and
3-15 Safety Code, and Section 118.015(b), Local Government Code, and may
3-16 be used only for:
3-17 (1) the operation of the clearinghouse;
3-18 (2) research conducted by the clearinghouse under
3-19 Section 81.004; and
3-20 (3) other uses specifically authorized by law.
3-21 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and
3-22 applies only to fees collected for a birth certificate on or after
3-23 that date.
3-24 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
3-25 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-26 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-27 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.