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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-28R <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, APPROVING THE <br />APPOINTMENT OF MARGARET SALINAS AS THE <br />LOCAL REGISTRAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS <br />HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 191.022(b) IN <br />PLACE OF THE CITY CLERK AND APPROVING THE <br />APPOINTMENT OF ELIZABETH TREVINO AS DEPUTY <br />LOCAL REGISTRAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS <br />HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 191.022(c); AND <br />DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />RECITALS: <br />1. Section 191.022(b) of the Texas Health and Safety Code designates the City Clerk <br />as the local registrar of births and deaths of persons occurring within the City of San Marcos. <br />2. Previously, any member of the City Clerk's staff was authorized to process birth and <br />death records in addition to processing passport applications. In 2010, the U.S. Department of <br />State notified the City of San Marcos that passport services could no longer be processed by <br />the same staff members who were authorized to process vital statistics. The vital statistic <br />services and passport services were required to be separated and performed by different staff <br />members. <br />3. The City Clerk is a certified Passport Acceptance Agent, and has been since <br />December of 2011, and is unable to serve as the designated local registrar pursuant to Section <br />191.022(b) of the Texas Health and Safety Code due to the directive from the U.S. Department <br />of State. <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, <br />TEXAS: <br />PART 1. The appointment by the City Cleric of Margaret Salinas to serve as the designated <br />local registrar to register all births and deaths within the City of San Marcos in accordance with <br />Section 191.022(b) of the Texas Health and Safety Code is approved and authorized. <br />PART 2. The appointment by the City Clerk of Elizabeth Trevino to serve as deputy local <br />registrar to register all births and deaths within the City of San Marcos in accordance with <br />Section 191.022(c) of the Texas Health and Safety Code is approved and authorized. <br />PART 3. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. <br />ADOPTED on February 1, 2022. <br />Ae jy\_1 <br />ane Hughson <br />Mayor <br />