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S.B. No. 1524
AN ACT
relating to fees charged for a vital statistics record.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsections (d), (g), and (h), Section 191.0045,
Health and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
(d) A local registrar or county clerk who issues a certified
copy of a birth or death certificate shall charge the same fees as
charged by the bureau of vital statistics, including the additional
fee required under Subsection (e), except as provided by
Subsections (g) and (h).
(g) A local registrar or county clerk that on March 31,
1995, was charging a fee for the issuance of a certified copy of a
birth certificate that exceeded the fee charged by the bureau of
vital statistics for the same type of certificate may continue to do
so but shall not raise this fee until the fee charged by the bureau
exceeds the fee charged by the local registrar or county clerk. A
local registrar or county clerk to which this subsection applies
shall charge the additional fee as required under Subsection (e).
(h) In addition to other fees collected under this section,
a local registrar or county clerk may collect a fee not to exceed $1
for the preservation of vital statistics records maintained by the
registrar or county clerk, including birth, death, fetal death,
marriage, divorce, and annulment records. A fee under this section
shall be collected by the registrar or county clerk on the issuance
of a vital statistics record, including a record issued through a
Remote Birth Access site.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a fee for a vital
statistic record issued on or after September 1, 2005.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1524 passed the Senate on
April 14, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1524 passed the House on
May 25, 2005, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor