Domestic relations; process for individuals to change surname to birth certificate surname; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to name changes, so as to provide a process for individuals to change their surname to their birth certificate surname; to provide for applications; to provide for certificates of name change; to provide for transmittal of such certificates to the Department of Public Health; to provide that fraudulently depriving another of rights is not authorized; to amend Chapter 10 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vital records, so as to provide for records of certificates of name change; to provide for regulations; to provide for maintenance of originals of applications and certificates; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.