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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 16, "HEALTH AND
SANITATION", OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH
(1986), AS AMENDED, PROVIDING FOR THE SETTING OF FEES
FOR COPIES OF VITAL RECORDS; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL PROVISIONS OF
ORDINANCES AND OF SUCH CODE AFFECTING HEALTH AND SANITA-
TION; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLL-
MENT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS:
SECT ION 1 .
T hat Section 16-407 of Chapter 16 of the Code of the City of
Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby further amended to read
as follows:
"Sec. 16-407. Vital Statistics Fees.
"The Vital Statistics Registrar shall be entitled to certain
fees as may be established from time to time by the State
Legislature for the search of and/or making copies of the
records of vital statistics. The schedule of fees to be
charged for such services shall be displayed in a public
place by the Vital Statistics Division of the Health
Department."
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordi-
nances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas ( 1986) ,
as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in
direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such
Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances
and such Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3 .
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and
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phrases of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be
declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall
not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, para-
graphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have
been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in
this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sen-
tence, paragraph or section.
SECT ION 4 .
All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provi-
sions of Chapter 19 or any other ordinances affecting health and
sanitation which have accrued at the time of the effective date
of this ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all
pending litigation, both civil and criminal, whether pending in
court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be affected
by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition
by the courts.
SECT ION 5.
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby
directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the cap-
tion and Sections 1 and 6 in the minutes of the City Council and
by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City.
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SECTION 6 .
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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NUMBER suB~ECr AMENDMENT TO CODE OF THE PAGE
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G-8181 CITY OF FORT WORTH SECTION 16-407,
AND APPROVAL OF FEE SCHEDULE FOR lof 1
URTADM-N.~ COPIES OF VITAL RECORDS
~TTD~~E@MME NDAT I ON
IsiR~t~i~s recommended that the City Counci 1 authorize the City Manager to
1. Adopt the attached ordinance amending section 16-407 of the Code of the
City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, and
2. Approve the revised fee schedule for obtaining copies of vital records.
DISCUSSION
Effective September 1, 1989, vital statistics fee rates established by the
Legislature in the State Appropriations Act, Article II-21, 71st Legislature
,
1989 are
Current Fee Revised Fee
Certified Copy of a Certificate
of Birth or for a Search $7.50 $8.00
Wallet-Size Certification of
Birth or for a Search $7.50 $8.00
Certified Copy of a Certificate
of Death or fora Search $7.50 $8.00
Note Each Additional Copy of
the Same Certificate
Requested at the Same
i PPROVED gy
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Time i s 't'~/ CoU~Ct~$2.00 $2.00
Conducting each Search of the
Files when a Certificate of AUG ~~ 1989
Birth or Death is not found
or a Certified Copy is not ~
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Issued ~~ ~~r~ $7.50 $8.00
Birth Listings - Per Line Item city se~retarp cf the $ .20 $ .20
City of Fora War:,h, +exoe
Note No Partial Listing
will be Sold
The projected 1989-90 total number of birth and death records to be requested
is 79,323. With the revised fee rate, an additional $39,662 in revenue will
be realized.
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SUBMITTED FOR THE
CITY MANAGER'S
OFFICE BY David Ivor
DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL:
^ APPROVED
PROCESSED BY
ORIGINATING ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE)
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Dr. N. CUrr CITY SECRETARY
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CONTACT Warri s 72D0 Ado ted Ordin
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