Amend SB 1851 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering existing SECTIONS of the bill
appropriately:
      SECTION ____.  Section 191.0045, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsections (d) and (g) and adding Subsection
(h) to read as follows:
      (d)  A local registrar who issues a certified copy of a birth
or death certificate shall charge the same fees as charged by the
bureau of vital statistics, including the additional fee required
under Subsection (e), except as provided by Subsections
<Subsection> (g) and (h).
      (g)  A local registrar that on March 31, 1995, was charging a
fee for the issuance of a certified copy of a birth certificate
that exceeded the fee charged by the bureau of vital statistics for
the same type of certificate may continue to do so but shall not
raise this fee until the fee charged by the bureau exceeds the fee
charged by the local registrar, except as provided by Subsection
(h).  A local registrar to which this subsection  applies shall
charge the additional fee as required under Subsection (e) and may
charge the additional fee allowed under Subsection (h).
      (h)  In addition to other fees charged under this section, a
local registrar may charge a records management and preservation
fee not to exceed $1 for each copy or certified copy of a birth,
death, or fetal death  record issued by the local registrar. The
fee may be used only to provide funds for the management and
preservation of birth, death, fetal death, and other vital
statistics records maintained by the local registrar.  Fees
collected under this subsection by a county or precinct officer
shall be deposited to the credit of the records management and
preservation fund established under Section 203.003(6), Local
Government Code. This subsection expires September 1, 2011.
      SECTION ____.  Subtitle A, Title 6, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 190 to read as follows:
                CHAPTER 190.  MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
                PROVISIONS AFFECTING MUNICIPALITIES
      Sec. 190.001.  RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION FEE.  In
addition to the amounts that a municipal clerk may charge  for
providing a copy of a document under Subchapter F, Chapter 552,
Government Code, or under another law, a municipal clerk may charge
a records management and preservation fee as an additional fee in
an amount equal to five percent of the amount the clerk would
otherwise charge for the copy.  Money received from the records
preservation fee may be used only for the management and
preservation of municipal records.
      Sec. 190.002.  EXPIRATION.  This chapter expires September 1,
2011.
      SECTION ____.  Section 203.003, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 203.003.  DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS COURT.  The
commissioners court of each county shall:
            (1)  promote and support the efficient and economical
management of records of all elective offices in the county to
enable elected county officers to conform to this subtitle and
rules adopted under it;
            (2)  facilitate the creation and maintenance of records
containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization,
functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential
transactions of each elective office and designed to furnish the
information necessary to protect the legal and financial rights of
the local government, the state, and the persons affected by the
activities of the local government;
            (3)  facilitate the identification and preservation of
the records of elective offices that are of permanent value;
            (4)  facilitate the identification and protection of
the essential records of elective offices;
            (5)  establish a county clerk records management and
preservation fund for fees subject to Section 118.0216 and approve
in advance any expenditures from the fund; and
            (6)  establish a records management and preservation
fund for the records management and preservation fees authorized
under Sections 118.052, 118.0546, and 118.0645, Section 51.317,
Government Code, <and> Article 102.005(d), Code of Criminal
Procedure, and Section 191.0045(h), Health and Safety Code, to the
extent Section 191.0045(h) relates to the collection of fees by
county and precinct officers, and approve in advance any
expenditures from the fund, which may be spent only for records
management preservation or automation purposes in the county.