Bill Text: TX SB1730 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

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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-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1730
(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2023; March 16, 2023, read
first time and referred to Committee on Local Government;
April 6, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7,
Nays 0; April 6, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 [a] reasonable
fees for the provided services [fee] in amounts [an amount] set by
the commissioners court of the county in which the district clerk's
office is located.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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