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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an additional fee for certain birth records to fund |
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child abuse prevention programs; imposing a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 191.0045, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (j) to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) A local registrar or county clerk who issues a certified |
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copy of a birth or death certificate shall charge the same fees as |
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charged by the bureau of vital statistics, including the additional |
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fees [fee] required under Subsections [Subsection] (e) and (j), |
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except as provided by Subsections (g) and (h). A local registrar or |
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county clerk shall send the fee collected under Subsection (j) to |
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the comptroller, who shall deposit the money to the credit of the |
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child abuse and neglect prevention trust fund account established |
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under Section 40.105, Human Resources Code. |
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(j) In addition to fees collected by the bureau of vital |
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statistics under Subsection (b), the bureau shall: |
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(1) collect an additional $2 fee for each of the |
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following: |
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(A) issuing a certified copy of a certificate of |
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birth; |
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(B) issuing a wallet-sized certification of |
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birth; and |
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(C) conducting a search for a certificate of |
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birth; and |
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(2) send the fees collected under this subsection to |
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the comptroller, who shall deposit the money to the credit of the |
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child abuse and neglect prevention trust fund account established |
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under Section 40.105, Human Resources Code. |
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SECTION 2. The fee authorized by Section 191.0045(j), |
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Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a fee |
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for a certificate or certification of birth issued, or a search for |
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a certificate of birth requested, on or after September 1, 2013. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |