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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the permanent preservation of birth certificates on |
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microfiche, microfilm, or electronic storage media. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 191.032, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the state registrar |
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shall arrange and permanently preserve birth certificates for |
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births occurring on or after January 1, 2017, on microfiche, |
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microfilm, or an electronic storage media. After transferring a |
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birth certificate onto microfiche, microfilm, or an electronic |
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storage media as required by this subsection, the state registrar |
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shall destroy the original certificate. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |