Bill Text: TX SB983 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas Senate Bill 983 (Prior Session Legislation)

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




	AN ACT
	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.


	______________________________
	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.


	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House



	Approved:

	______________________________
	Date


	______________________________
	Governor