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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a change of name and vital statistics information. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Family Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 45.107 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 45.107. CHANGE OF NAME AND VITAL STATISTICS |
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INFORMATION. (a) A court shall order a change of name for a |
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petitioner under this subchapter if the petition is accompanied by |
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a sworn affidavit of a licensed physician that the petitioner |
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identifies as a gender other than the gender indicated on the |
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petitioner's driver's license, birth certificate, or other official |
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document. |
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(b) A court that orders a change of name for a petitioner |
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under this section shall simultaneously order: |
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(1) that the Department of Public Safety, as soon as |
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practicable, change the petitioner's gender on the petitioner's |
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driver's license and other identification documents under the |
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department's control; and |
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(2) that the Department of State Health Services, on |
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receipt of a licensed physician's sworn affidavit that the |
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petitioner identifies as a gender other than the gender indicated |
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on the petitioner's birth certificate, amend the petitioner's birth |
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certificate as provided by Section 192.011, Health and Safety Code, |
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to reflect the petitioner's true gender. |
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(c) This section may not be construed to require surgical |
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intervention as a prerequisite for a court order under Subsection |
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(a) or (b). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |