R-2015-043 2015-03-23 RESOLUTION NO. R2015-43
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas,
consolidating and transferring the maintenance of birth and death
records to Harris County.
WHEREAS, Section 191.022, Subsection (b)Texas Health and Safety Code,
provides that the municipal clerk or secretary is the local registrar of births and
deaths in a municipality with a population of 2,500 or more; and
WHEREAS, Section 191.023, Subsection (a) provides that the duties
imposed by law relating to the maintenance of birth and death records of a
municipality with a population of 2,500 or more may be transferred to the county in
which the municipality is located; and
WHEREAS, Harris County, in accordance with Section 191.023, has
sufficient resources and finances to assume those duties; and
WHEREAS, Harris County desires to consolidate the birth, death, and fetal
death records of the City and Harris County by complying with Section 191.023,
Subsection (b) that requires that the municipality adopt a concurring resolution
agreeing to the transfer and timetable established, said resolution to be considered
at the March 23, 2015 regular meeting of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Pearland would be better served by having all
birth and death records in a central location; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. Effective May 1, 2015 the City of Pearland hereby consolidates and
transfers, to Harris County, maintenance of birth and death records of the City of Pearland,
a municipality with a population of more than 2,500 and all duties imposed by Title 3 of the
Texas Health and Safety Code related thereto.
Resolution No. 2014-43
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this the 23rd day of March, A.D., 2015.
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TOM REID
MAYOR
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DARRIN M. COKER
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