79R3789 MCK-F

By:  Dutton                                                       H.B. No. 929



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain filing requirements for a death certificate.              
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 193.003(a), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Not later than the 10th day after the date the person 
required to file a death certificate obtains both the personal 
information required under Section 193.004 and the medical 
certification required under Section 193.005 [of a death that 
occurs in this state], a death certificate shall be filed with the 
local registrar of the registration district in which:
		(1)  the death occurs; or                                                     
		(2)  the body is found, if the place of death is not 
known.                 
	SECTION 2.  Section 193.007(a), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A death [that occurred more than 10 days but less than 
one year before the date of an application for registration of death 
may be recorded on a death] certificate not filed within the time 
provided by Section 193.003(a) may be [and] submitted for filing 
with the local registrar of the registration district in which the 
death occurred if an application for registration of the death is 
filed before the first anniversary of the date of the death.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.