Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.056
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.056, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 191.056. COPIES COLLECTED BY NATIONAL AGENCY.
Official statutory text
(a) The national agency in charge of the collection of vital statistics may obtain, without expense to the state, transcripts of vital records without payment of the fees prescribed by this chapter.
(b) The department may contract with the national agency to have copies of vital records that are filed with the vital statistics unit transcribed for that agency.
(c) The state registrar may act as special agent for the national agency to accept the use of the franking privilege and forms furnished by the national agency.
(b) The department may contract with the national agency to have copies of vital records that are filed with the vital statistics unit transcribed for that agency.
(c) The state registrar may act as special agent for the national agency to accept the use of the franking privilege and forms furnished by the national agency.
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