Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 191.0045 — FEES
HS § 191.0045Title 3. VITAL STATISTICS · Ch. 191. ADMINISTRATION OF VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The department may collect fees for providing services to the public and performing other activities in connection with maintenance of the vital statistics system, including:
(1)performing searches of birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce, annulment, and other records;
(2)preparing and issuing copies and certified copies of birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce, annulment, and other records; and
(3)filing a record, amendment, or affidavit under this title.
(b)The executive commissioner by rule may prescribe a schedule of fees for vital statistics services. The aggregate of the amounts of the fees may not exceed the cost of administering the vital statistics system.
(c)The department shall refund to an applicant any fee received for services that the department cannot perform. If the money has been deposited to the credit of the vital statistics account in the general revenue fund, the comptroller shall issue a warrant against the fund for refund of the payment on presentation of a claim signed by the state registrar.
…
Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 263 (H.B. 2962), Sec. 5(1), eff. May 30, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 400 (S.B. 1524), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1022 (H.B. 2717), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2011. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0532, eff. April 2, 2015.