We went to Probate Court in summer 1997 for a CT Birth Certificate, she had a Green Card issued in China. When the law became effective in 2000 she was automatically a citizen. She did not require Naturalization papers.
I have a printed copy of the law that I took to Motor vehicles when she got her driver’s license because they insisted she needed Naturalization Papers since she was born in China. Local branch clueless, faxed the copy of the law and her Ct Birth Certificate to legal dept in Hartford, they got on the phone with me and I read them the riot act (helps to be a CT Lawyer) and they issued her license. Now all branches have a memorandum explaining the law and how it works.
We did not want Naturalized Citizen status for her. When she applied to college/nursing school there were certain scholarship awards that were not open to Naturalized Citizens or Aliens. Not a public institution, so not subject to the Federal Civil Rights guarantees based on nationality and alienage.