By Stiles                                             H.B. No. 1341
       74R4794 JMM-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    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).
   1-12        (f)  The fees collected under Subsection (e) shall be
   1-13  deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the work and
   1-14  family policies fund.  Money in the fund may be used only for the
   1-15  purposes prescribed by Section 81.006, Labor Code <4, Article
   1-16  5221g-1, Revised Statutes>.
   1-17        (g)  A person who obtains more than one certified copy of a
   1-18  birth certificate under a single application may be required to pay
   1-19  the additional fee under Subsection (e) for only one of the copies.
   1-20        SECTION 2.  Section 191.022, Health and Safety Code, is
   1-21  amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
   1-22        (f)  A local registrar who collects a fee for a certified
   1-23  copy of a birth certificate shall deduct 20 cents of that fee to
   1-24  apply to the registrar's administrative costs and remit $1.80 of
    2-1  that fee to the comptroller for deposit in the work and family
    2-2  policies fund.
    2-3        SECTION 3.  Section 118.015, Local Government Code, is
    2-4  amended to read as follows:
    2-5        Sec. 118.015.  Birth or Death Certificate.  (a)  The fee for
    2-6  "Birth or Death Certificate" under Section 118.011 is for issuing a
    2-7  certified copy of a birth certificate or death certificate and is
    2-8  the same as the fee charged under Subchapter C, Chapter 191, Health
    2-9  and Safety Code, by the state registrar of vital statistics and the
   2-10  local registrar of births and deaths.
   2-11        (b)  A county clerk who collects a fee under this section for
   2-12  a certified copy of a birth certificate shall deduct 20 cents of
   2-13  that fee to apply to the clerk's administrative costs and remit
   2-14  $1.80 of that fee to the comptroller for deposit in the work and
   2-15  family policies fund.
   2-16        SECTION 4.  Chapter 81, Labor Code, is amended by adding
   2-17  Section 81.0045 to read as follows:
   2-18        Sec. 81.0045.  DEPENDENT CARE GRANT PROGRAM.  (a)  The
   2-19  clearinghouse may establish a grant program to provide funds to
   2-20  public or private persons to conduct demonstration dependent care
   2-21  projects.
   2-22        (b)  The clearinghouse shall adopt rules governing the
   2-23  submission and approval of grant requests and the cancellation of
   2-24  grants.
   2-25        (c)  To receive a grant, a person whose grant is approved
   2-26  must execute an interagency agreement or a contract with the
   2-27  clearinghouse.  The contract must require the person receiving the
    3-1  grant to perform the services as stated in the approved grant
    3-2  request.  The contract must contain appropriate provisions for
    3-3  program and fiscal monitoring.
    3-4        SECTION 5.  Section 81.006(a), Labor Code, is amended to read
    3-5  as follows:
    3-6        (a)  The work and family policies fund is in the state
    3-7  treasury.  Money in the fund is derived from fees deposited as
    3-8  required by Sections <Section> 191.0045 and 191.022(f), Health and
    3-9  Safety Code, and Section 118.015(b), Local Government Code, and may
   3-10  be used only for:
   3-11              (1)  the operation of the clearinghouse;
   3-12              (2)  research conducted by the clearinghouse under
   3-13  Section 81.004; and
   3-14              (3)  other uses specifically authorized by law.
   3-15        SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and
   3-16  applies only to fees collected for a birth certificate on or after
   3-17  that date.
   3-18        SECTION 7.  The importance of this legislation and the
   3-19  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   3-20  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   3-21  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   3-22  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.