TITLE: Relating to the permanent preservation of birth certificates on microfiche, microfilm, or electronic storage media.

SUMMARY: Relating to the permanent preservation of birth certificates on microfiche, microfilm, or electronic storage media.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the permanent preservation of birth certificates on microfiche, microfilm, or electronic storage media. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 191.032, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the state registrar shall arrange and permanently preserve birth certificates for births occurring on or after January 1, 2017, on microfiche, microfilm, or an electronic storage media. After transferring a birth certificate onto microfiche, microfilm, or an electronic storage media as required by this subsection, the state registrar shall destroy the original certificate. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.