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H.B. No. 2962
AN ACT
relating to the abolition of the work and family policies advisory
committee and the work and family policies fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 191.022(f), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(f) A local registrar who collects a fee for a certified
copy of a birth certificate shall deduct 20 cents of that fee to
apply to the registrar's administrative costs and remit $1.80 of
that fee to the comptroller [for deposit in the work and family
policies fund].
SECTION 2. Section 81.001, Labor Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 81.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Clearinghouse" means the Work and Family Policies
Clearinghouse.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Workforce
[Employment] Commission.
[(3) "Committee" means the Work and Family Policies
Advisory Committee.]
SECTION 3. Section 81.007, Labor Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 81.007. RULES. The commission by rule may adopt
procedures to implement functions under Sections 81.004 and [,]
81.005[, and 81.006(b)]. In adopting rules under this section, the
commission shall consider the recommendations of the clearinghouse
staff.
SECTION 4. Section 118.015(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A county clerk who collects a fee under this section for
a certified copy of a birth certificate shall deposit the fee into
the county treasury. The state's portion of the fee shall be sent
to the comptroller as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 133[, for
deposit in the work and family policies fund].
SECTION 5. The following laws are repealed:
(1) Section 191.0045(f), Health and Safety Code; and
(2) Sections 81.002, 81.004(b), 81.006, and 81.009,
Labor Code.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2962 was passed by the House on April
22, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2962 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor