1-1 By: Stiles (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 1341
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 5, 1995;
1-3 April 6, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Finance; May 16, 1995, reported favorably, as amended, by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 16, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Moncrief
1-7 Amend H.B. 1341 as follows:
1-8 (1) On page 1, line 10, between the words "Subsection (e)"
1-9 and before the period "." insert the following: ", except as
1-10 provided by subsection (g)"
1-11 (2) On page 1, line 15, insert a new subsection (g) to read
1-12 as follows:
1-13 "(g) A local registrar that on March 31, 1995 was charging a
1-14 fee for the issuance of a certified birth certificate that exceeded
1-15 the fee charged by the bureau of vital statistics for the same type
1-16 of certificate may continue to do so but shall not raise this fee
1-17 until the fee charged by the bureau exceeds the fee charged by the
1-18 local registrar. A local registrar to which this subsection
1-19 applies shall charge the additional fee as required under
1-20 subsection (e)."
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to the operation and funding of the Work and Family
1-24 Policies Clearinghouse.
1-25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-26 SECTION 1. Sections 191.0045(d) and (f), Health and Safety
1-27 Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-28 (d) A local registrar who issues a certified copy of a birth
1-29 or death certificate shall charge the same fees <fee> as charged by
1-30 the bureau of vital statistics, including the additional fee
1-31 required under Subsection (e).
1-32 (f) The fees collected under Subsection (e) shall be
1-33 deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the work and
1-34 family policies fund. Money in the fund may be used only for the
1-35 purposes prescribed by Section 81.006, Labor Code <4, Article
1-36 5221g-1, Revised Statutes>.
1-37 SECTION 2. Section 191.022, Health and Safety Code, is
1-38 amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
1-39 (f) A local registrar who collects a fee for a certified
1-40 copy of a birth certificate shall deduct 20 cents of that fee to
1-41 apply to the registrar's administrative costs and remit $1.80 of
1-42 that fee to the comptroller for deposit in the work and family
1-43 policies fund.
1-44 SECTION 3. Section 118.015, Local Government Code, is
1-45 amended to read as follows:
1-46 Sec. 118.015. Birth or Death Certificate. (a) The fee for
1-47 "Birth or Death Certificate" under Section 118.011 is for issuing a
1-48 certified copy of a birth certificate or death certificate and is
1-49 the same as the fee charged under Subchapter C, Chapter 191, Health
1-50 and Safety Code, by the state registrar of vital statistics and the
1-51 local registrar of births and deaths.
1-52 (b) A county clerk who collects a fee under this section for
1-53 a certified copy of a birth certificate shall deduct 20 cents of
1-54 that fee to apply to the clerk's administrative costs and remit
1-55 $1.80 of that fee to the comptroller for deposit in the work and
1-56 family policies fund.
1-57 SECTION 4. Chapter 81, Labor Code, is amended by adding
1-58 Section 81.0045 to read as follows:
1-59 Sec. 81.0045. DEPENDENT CARE GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The
1-60 clearinghouse may establish a grant program to provide funds to
1-61 public or private persons to conduct demonstration dependent care
1-62 projects.
1-63 (b) The clearinghouse shall adopt rules governing the
1-64 submission and approval of grant requests and the cancellation of
1-65 grants.
1-66 (c) To receive a grant, a person whose grant is approved
1-67 must execute an interagency agreement or a contract with the
1-68 clearinghouse. The contract must require the person receiving the
2-1 grant to perform the services as stated in the approved grant
2-2 request. The contract must contain appropriate provisions for
2-3 program and fiscal monitoring.
2-4 SECTION 5. Section 81.006(a), Labor Code, is amended to read
2-5 as follows:
2-6 (a) The work and family policies fund is in the state
2-7 treasury. Money in the fund is derived from fees deposited as
2-8 required by Sections <Section> 191.0045 and 191.022(f), Health and
2-9 Safety Code, and Section 118.015(b), Local Government Code, and may
2-10 be used only for:
2-11 (1) the operation of the clearinghouse;
2-12 (2) research conducted by the clearinghouse under
2-13 Section 81.004; and
2-14 (3) other uses specifically authorized by law.
2-15 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and
2-16 applies only to fees collected for a birth certificate on or after
2-17 that date.
2-18 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
2-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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