Bill Text: IA HF2149 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to county recorder fees, including fees collected for copies of vital records and applications for marriage licenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-30 - Introduced, referred to Local Government. H.J. 168. [HF2149 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF2149-Introduced.html
House File 2149 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY STAED A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to county recorder fees, including fees 2 collected for copies of vital records and applications for 3 marriage licenses. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5883YH (3) 87 js/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 144.46, subsection 2, Code 2018, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. Fees collected by the state registrar and by the county 1 4 registrar on behalf of the state under this section shall 1 5 be deposited in the general fund of the state and the vital 1 6 records fund established in section 144.46A in accordance 1 7 with an apportionment established by rule.FeesCounty fees 1 8 collected by the county registrar pursuant to section 331.605, 1 9 subsection 1,paragraphparagraphs "f" and "g", shall be 1 10 deposited in the county general fund. 1 11 Sec. 2. Section 331.605, subsection 1, paragraphs f and g, 1 12 Code 2018, are amended to read as follows: 1 13 f. A county feeof four dollarsfor the issuance of a 1 14 certified copy of a birth record, death record, or marriage 1 15 certificate other than the copy issued pursuant to paragraph 1 16 "g". The county fee collected pursuant to this paragraph shall 1 17 be an amount equal to forty percent of the fee established 1 18 by the department of public health for the applicable record 1 19 pursuant to section 144.46. 1 20 g. For filing an application for the license to marry, 1 21 thirty=five dollars, which includes payment for one certified 1 22 copy of the original certificate of marriage, to be issued 1 23 following filing of the original certificate of marriage,four 1 24fourteen dollars of which shall be retained by the county 1 25pursuant to paragraph "f"as a county fee. For issuing an 1 26 application for an order of the district court authorizing the 1 27 validation of a license to marry before the expiration of three 1 28 days from the date of issuance of the license, five dollars. 1 29 The district court shall authorize the early validation of a 1 30 marriage license without the payment of any fees imposed in 1 31 this paragraph upon showing that the applicant is unable to pay 1 32 the fees. 1 33 EXPLANATION 1 34 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 35 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 1 This bill relates to fees collected by the county recorder 2 2 for copies of vital records and applications for marriage 2 3 licenses. 2 4 Related to issuance of a certified copy of a birth record, 2 5 death record, or marriage certificate by a county, the bill 2 6 requires that the county collect a county fee equal to 40 2 7 percent of the fee established by the Iowa department of public 2 8 health for providing those records. 2 9 Under current law, the fee for filing a marriage application 2 10 and receiving a copy of the original marriage certificate is 2 11 set at $35. The bill raises the portion of the fee retained 2 12 by the county from $4 to $14. Current law also requires a 2 13 district court to authorize the early validation of a marriage 2 14 license without the payment of any fees upon showing that an 2 15 applicant is unable to pay the fees. LSB 5883YH (3) 87 js/rj
