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Amend CSHB 3540 by adding the following appropriately
numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering the subsequent
ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
ARTICLE . USE OF BIRTH CERTIFICATE FEE TO FUND CHILD ABUSE
PREVENTION PROGRAM
SECTION .01. Contingent on SB 6, Acts of the 79th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 being enacted and becoming law,
Section 191.0045, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding in
Subsections (i) and (j) to read as follows:
(i) In addition to other fees collected by the bureau of
vital statistics under this section, the bureau shall collect an
additional $5 fee for each of the following:
(1) issuing a certified copy of a certificate of birth;
(2) issuing a wallet-sized certification of birth; and
(3) conducting a search for a certificate of birth.
(j) The fees collected under Subsection (i) may only be
appropriated for the purpose of funding the Child Abuse Prevention
Pilot Project established under Chapter 267, Family Code.