(a) The local registrar of vital statistics for the city of Dallas is authorized, and has the duty, to issue to any applicant a certified copy of any birth or death certificate that is of record in the local registrar’s office. The local registrar shall charge the same fees for vital statistics records as are charged by the Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics, as set forth in Section 181.22 of the Texas Administrative Code, as amended.
(b) In addition to the fees charged under Subsection (a), the local registrar shall charge the following fees:
(1) A $1 vital statistics record preservation fee will be collected upon the issuance of each record of vital statistics, as authorized by Section 191.0045(h) of the Texas Health and Safety Code, as amended.
(2) An applicant requesting that a vital statistics record be mailed will be charged:
(A) $1 if the record is sent by standard mail; and
(B) $17.50 if the record is sent by express overnight service.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) of this section, no fees will be charged when an exemption set forth in Section 191.0046 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, as amended, applies. (Ord. Nos. 7807, 8896, 13485; 15971; 17237; 19861; 20448; 21162; 21251; 22072; 22569; 25048; 25384)