Bill Text: TX SB983 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to restrictions on the assessment of the fee charged for issuance of certain birth records.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-27 - Effective immediately [SB983 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB983-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 983 |
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relating to restrictions on the assessment of the fee charged for | ||
issuance of certain birth records. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 191.0046, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(e) It is the intent of the legislature to not impose a cost | ||
for obtaining certified records for the purpose of obtaining an | ||
election identification certificate issued pursuant to Chapter | ||
521A, Transportation Code. Notwithstanding any other law, the | ||
state registrar, a local registrar, or a county clerk shall not | ||
charge a fee to an applicant that is associated with searching for | ||
or providing a record, including a certified copy of a birth record, | ||
if the applicant states that the applicant is requesting the record | ||
for the purpose of obtaining an election identification certificate | ||
under Section 521A.001, Transportation Code. | ||
(f) Notwithstanding Subsection (e), a local registrar or a | ||
county clerk who issues a birth record that is required for the | ||
purpose of obtaining an election identification certificate issued | ||
pursuant to Chapter 521A, Transportation Code, and is otherwise | ||
entitled by law to retain all or a portion of a fee for that birth | ||
record, is entitled to payment of the amount from the department. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an | ||
application for a certified copy of a birth record filed on or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. An application for a certified copy | ||
of a birth record filed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on that date, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 983 passed the Senate on | ||
May 11, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 983 passed the House on | ||
May 25, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |