Bill Text: NY A05456 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the city of Jamestown to set the fee for issuance of birth and death certificates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-11-27 - signed chap.288 [A05456 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05456-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5456--A
                                                                Cal. No. 207

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 12, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. GOODELL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GIGLIO,
          MORINELLO  --  read  once  and  referred to the Committee on Health --
          ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered  reprinted,  retaining
          its place on the order of third reading

        AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the fee for issu-
          ance of birth and death records in the city of Jamestown

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 4173 of the public health law, as
     2  amended by chapter 293 of the laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    3.  (a)  [The]  Except  as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this
     5  subdivision, the registrar shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars for
     6  each certification of birth or death  or  for  each  certified  copy  or
     7  certified  transcript  of  any  record of a birth or of a death or for a
     8  certification that a search discloses no record  of  a  birth  or  of  a
     9  death,  furnished  by  him  to an applicant, except that no fee shall be
    10  charged for a search, certification of birth or death or certified  copy
    11  or  certified  transcript  of  a  birth or a death record to be used for
    12  school entrance, employment certificate or for purposes of public relief
    13  or government compensation or when required  by  the  veterans  adminis-
    14  tration  to  be  used  in  determining  the eligibility of any person to
    15  participate in the benefits made  available  by  the  veterans  adminis-
    16  tration, provided, however, that if such registrar is a city clerk, town
    17  clerk  or village clerk, he shall collect such fees for and on behalf of
    18  the city, town or village in which he serves, provided, however, that an
    19  amount equivalent to the sum of such fees shall be paid at least monthly
    20  by such city, town or village to such city clerk, town clerk or  village
    21  clerk entitled to receive fees as a registrar of vital statistics.
    22    (b)  Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subdivision, in the follow-
    23  ing county jurisdictions the fee shall  be  set  by  the  county  health

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09547-02-0
        A. 5456--A                          2

     1  commissioner:  Chemung, Monroe, Onondaga, Tompkins; and in the following
     2  local jurisdictions the fee shall be set by the local legislative  body:
     3  city  of  Oswego,  city of Albany, city of Jamestown.  In such jurisdic-
     4  tions,  the  fee may be set up to the amount charged by the commissioner
     5  as prescribed in subdivision two of section forty-one  hundred  seventy-
     6  four of this title.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.