SRC-VRA S.B. 1587 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1587
By: Lindsay
Health & Human Services
3/26/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently when an attorney submits an incorrect or incomplete form
mandated by Texas law, the Bureau of Vital Statistics returns the form to
the district clerk.  The district clerk has no enforcement authority to
encourage attorneys to make the corrections or additions to the form. As
proposed, S.B. 1587 requires certain forms submitted to the Bureau of
Vital Statistics which need corrections to be mailed directly from the
Bureau of Vital Statistics to the attorney of record designated on the
certificate. 


RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 192.009, Health and Safety Code, by adding
Subsection (d), as follows: 

(d)  Certificate of Adoption, Annulment of Adoption, or Revocation of
Adoption. Requires certificates submitted to the state registrar by the
clerk of the court, which need correction, to be mailed directly from the
Bureau of Vital Statistics to the attorney of record designated on the
certificate. 

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 194.002, Health and Safety Code, by adding
Subsection (f), as follows: 

(f)  Report of Divorce or Annulment.  Requires forms submitted to the
Bureau of Vital Statistics by the clerk of the court, which need
correction, to be mailed directly from the Bureau of Vital Statistics to
the attorney of record designated on the certificate. 

SECTION 3.  Amends Section 108.003, Family Code, by adding Subsection (c),
as follows: 

(c)  Corrections of Bureau of Vital Statistics Forms.  Requires forms
submitted to the Bureau of Vital Statistics to be mailed directly from the
Bureau of Vital Statistics to the attorney of record as designated on the
Bureau of Vital Statistics form. 

SECTION 4.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.