TITLE: Relating to microfiche, microfilm, or electronic storage of birth records.

SUMMARY: Relating to microfiche, microfilm, or electronic storage of birth records.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to microfiche, microfilm, or electronic storage of birth records. 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, 2015, on microfiche, microfilm, or an electronic storage media. After transferring a birth certificate onto microfiche, microfilm, or an electronic storage media under this subsection, the registrar shall destroy the original certificate. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.