85R9247 YDB-F     By: Burns H.B. No. 2870       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to an exemption from certain state and local governmental   fees for active duty members of the Texas National Guard and Texas   State Guard.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 437.217(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  A member of the National Guard on federal active duty, a   member of the Texas National Guard or Texas State Guard on state   active duty, or a member of the armed forces of the United States on   active duty, who is preparing to be deployed to serve in a hostile   fire zone as designated by the United States secretary of defense is   exempt from paying the following state or local governmental fees   the member incurs because of the deployment to arrange the member's   personal affairs:                (1)  fees for obtaining copies of:                      (A)  a birth certificate;                      (B)  a recorded marriage license;                      (C)  a divorce decree;                      (D)  a child support order;                      (E)  guardianship documents; and                      (F)  property tax records;                (2)  fees for issuing a marriage license or duplicate   marriage license; and                (3)  fees for transferring title to real or personal   property.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a state or local governmental fee assessed on or after the   effective date of this Act. A state or local governmental fee   assessed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the   law in effect when the fee was assessed, and that law is continued   in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.