By Van de Putte S.B. No. 879 77R5619 KSD-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to a change of name and vital statistics information. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Family Code, is amended 1-5 by adding Section 45.107 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 45.107. CHANGE OF NAME AND VITAL STATISTICS 1-7 INFORMATION. (a) A court shall order a change of name for a 1-8 petitioner under this subchapter if the petition is accompanied by 1-9 a sworn affidavit of a licensed physician that the petitioner 1-10 identifies as a gender other than the gender indicated on the 1-11 petitioner's driver's license, birth certificate, or other official 1-12 document. 1-13 (b) A court that orders a change of name for a petitioner 1-14 under this section shall simultaneously order: 1-15 (1) that the Department of Public Safety, as soon as 1-16 practicable, change the petitioner's gender on the petitioner's 1-17 driver's license and other identification documents under the 1-18 department's control; and 1-19 (2) that the Texas Department of Health, on receipt of 1-20 a physician's sworn affidavit that the petitioner identifies as a 1-21 gender other than the gender indicated on the petitioner's birth 1-22 certificate, amend the petitioner's birth certificate as provided 1-23 by Section 192.011, Health and Safety Code, to reflect the 1-24 petitioner's true gender. 2-1 (c) This section may not be construed to require surgical 2-2 intervention as a prerequisite for a court order under Subsection 2-3 (a) or (b). 2-4 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.