Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE A’lTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXM AUSTIN BollorablrRor L. Hill County Attorney Rumlolr County Rallinlger,Tax88 Your t ttor rrqu.8 partmont on the quostloar I r0110wa I "I am *nolo r addrrarod to IIU ma YC. f uhleh ir aoli- raidered t rauano* or lnaamuah a* this 1s for a now, or rsthor The lrttrr or Mr. Sobn B. Rayburn, County Clerk, refrrrod to in your latter readr in part es followa: "We are making a oharge on Old Datr or Dolapd Birth Certllloates of $2.00, where the agplloant y:;es o oertirled oop~ or the reoorded oartlf- . our roes me a8 r0iiowa: Honorable ROT 1. Bill., Pago 2 mm we mdoratand that m are only rntitrra to or $1.00 Probate rooa, 0na 504 tar 0 l r00 outlrlod rope or thr rooordad rortlflaato,mak.lng a totml allowed of &JO. 'ThM (lomrnotuntlon the nrordld( etho Oourt Ordor lrruod br bho Oountr &de. wo would uk0 t0 ha ii ~0 uo out or iin in 8aklng thr abow lietod ohargoa oi $2.00.w The T-8 lta tuta r dealing with Vital Statlatlos ~0 rOWid 08 RIdOD 3b t0 5%, inOiUOin, Or &&iOiO 4477 or Varnon’rAmotatod Olril Statutoa ot t-8. 800 ot thoao ml.8 hat. bun wrdod by Hour Bill lo. 82l, Houm Bill No. 624, and Eonm~ 2lll Ho. 974, roapaotiVol~,or the Aoh or thr Torty-Buulth Loglirlrtaro, Regular 808aiOD, 19u. Houao Bill Ho. 97L, rupra, aon& othor thins., provide that anfoitison or Tour ulshiy to rU8 thr rooox-4 or w birth or death oorurrln( in the Stat. et Tam, not pratlou8l~ rrglatorad,rf auhlt rueh rooofd to the Prokto Oourt in the oountr whuo aurh Nrth or duth oo- ourrod, aad furthu provld.8 that w oit1s.n of thr 8t.t. or TOXU rlrhlng to rlla the noord of a~ blrth or death ooourrlng outalda tho Stat8 of Tuaa, not prwloua4 nR- latrred, y rub&t rush rmoord to tho Probato OouH ln tha oountr rhrro ho roaldor in ocm9llan00 mlththa ht. HO\UO ml 80. 624, alrpn lo an ht provldlng ror uairoa roar to bo ohar(od for the iuuanoa oi dr1v.d birth mu death eortlfluataa br tha Probate Court, tho Clerk thorubt and tho State Roglatrar, in thr mount and mannar aa thuoln rpoolrl*d. bo rotainodbr thr Qluk or tho aountr Court ror rooordiy 8eid birth or dwU rartlrloato. Cutiilod oopi00 or raid birth or death oartlfloato 8hall bo lomod br rlthbr the Qovntl Qlork or thr State Pogiafru and fro ior aald ou- tlflod ao9f rhall bo Ylitr (SO) Oant8. fk aldrtiiled~ooplo8 h rhall b prima fo o lalrldanoo in all Court8 and ptoor or the root8 rtatad thoroon. No o th u lhu(la ahall ba mado ror the lorulnor or muoh dalapd outlrloctaa and oartirlad 009la8 thoraoi. The State Bureau oi Vital t3tatlatlo8ahall fUrni8h th8 iOrsM upon rhloh ryoh rroordr aro riled, and no other ioa ahall bo uaod ior that purpooo . . ." It rlll bo noted that the aborr'morrtlonod Aot rp~oliloall~provldo8 the rue to ba 0h~grd by tho Pro&to Oourt wd thr Oountr Clork and State Raglatru ror the 8uviooa mantlonod thu4.n and furthu proridor no other oharao rhall bo aadr ior the laauanorof suoh drlapd QU- tiiioatrand oortirhd 0097 thuroi. ThUBtOr8, pu ue ldvlood that rhan l p9lloatlon la -60, a8 provided in the abow mantlonod parwaph of tho Aot, a ire or #l.OO ohall br lolleoted by thr Probat. Court, Fiitr Cent8 or uhloh rho11 br rrtdna~ br thr Clerk of the Countr Court for rooordlng raid birth or doath oortlrlocta. The CauntrClerk or thr State Re&atrar la luthcul&odto rooolrr and oollrot a fee of Pl?tl Cont8 ror laoh oartlflod$09~ lsrtlod br llthar of thei+ TrumtlnRthat the fmogoiry ful.4 anowuo four lnqulrr, wo or0 Your8 vu7 tru4 APZ'ROVEDWT 29, 19ir ATTORERY Ul!ZRFULOF TEXAS Orovor Salloro /a/ /a/ FIRST ASSI8TANT BY ATTORlUiT UICKLRAL Ard.11 Wllllaa8 AW:LU Aaolotant