§ 191.021 Registration Districts
§ 191.022 Local Registrars
§ 191.023 Consolidation of County and Municipal Maintenance of Birth and Death Records
§ 191.024 Reports of Information
§ 191.025 Record Books and Certificates
§ 191.026 Local Records
§ 191.027 Review of Certificate by Local Registrar
§ 191.028 Amendment of Certificate
§ 191.029 Certificates or Report Sent to State Registrar
§ 191.031 Review of Certificates by State Registrar
§ 191.032 State Records
§ 191.033 Addenda
§ 191.034 Notation of Death On Birth Certificate
§ 191.036 Spanish Surname Information
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Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 191 > Subchapter B - Records of Births, Deaths, and Fetal Deaths

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Comptroller: means the state comptroller of public accounts. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by writing, printing, or other means. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005