Bill Text: TX SB1730 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the processing of United States passport applications by a district court clerk; authorizing fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-15 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1730 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1730-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the processing of United States passport applications by a district court clerk; authorizing fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-15 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1730 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1730-Introduced.html
88R5801 JTZ-F | ||
By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 1730 |
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relating to the processing of United States passport applications | ||
by a district court clerk; authorizing fees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 51.3031(a) and (b), Government Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A district clerk may perform all duties necessary to | ||
process an application for a United States passport, including | ||
taking passport photographs and selling money orders to applicants | ||
for payment purposes. | ||
(b) To recover the costs of taking passport photographs and | ||
selling money orders, a district clerk may collect [ |
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fees for the provided services [ |
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the commissioners court of the county in which the district clerk's | ||
office is located. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |