By Brown of Kaufman H.B. No. 1135
77R3843 GGS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to filing abstracts of death certificates with the voter
1-3 registrar.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 16.001(a), Election Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (a) The [Each month the] local registrar of deaths shall
1-8 prepare an abstract of each death certificate issued [in the month]
1-9 for a decedent 18 years of age or older who was a resident of the
1-10 state at the time of death. The local registrar of deaths shall
1-11 file each abstract with the voter registrar of the decedent's
1-12 county of residence not later than the 10th day after the date the
1-13 death certificate is issued [of the month following the month in
1-14 which the abstract is prepared].
1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.