79R9037 MSE-D


By:  Delisi                                                       H.B. No. 2100



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to heirloom wedding anniversary certificates.                        
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 194, Health and Safety Code, is amended 
by adding Section 194.005 to read as follows:
	Sec. 194.005.  HEIRLOOM WEDDING ANNIVERSARY 
CERTIFICATE.  (a)  The department shall promote the sale of an 
heirloom wedding anniversary certificate.  The department shall 
solicit donated designs for the certificate from Texas artists and 
select the best donated designs for the form of the certificate.
	(b)  The department shall prescribe a $50 fee for the 
issuance of an heirloom wedding anniversary certificate.
	(c)  The executive commissioner of the Health and Human 
Services Commission shall adopt rules designating certain 
milestone wedding anniversary dates and shall design and promote 
heirloom wedding anniversary certificates celebrating those 
anniversary dates.
	(d)  The department shall create an heirloom wedding 
anniversary certificate ordering system that includes printed 
order forms available through the department and an online ordering 
system.
	(e)  An heirloom wedding anniversary certificate produced by 
the department under this section must be printed on parchment 
paper and be not smaller than 11 inches by 14 inches in size.
	(f)  An heirloom wedding anniversary certificate produced by 
the department under this section is not a marriage license under 
this chapter or Chapter 2, Family Code, and does not establish and 
may not be used to establish a marriage relationship.
	(g)  The department shall deposit proceeds it receives from 
the issuance of heirloom wedding anniversary certificates to the 
credit of the childhood immunization account.  The childhood 
immunization account is an account in the general revenue fund.  
Money in the account may be used only by the department for:
		(1)  making grants to fund childhood immunizations and 
related education programs; and
		(2)  administering this section.                                       
	SECTION 2.  As soon as possible after the effective date of 
this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall begin the 
process of designing the form of the heirloom wedding anniversary 
certificate in accordance with Section 194.005, Health and Safety 
Code, as added by this Act.  The department may appoint an advisory 
committee to assist the department in soliciting donated designs 
and selecting the best designs.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.