Bill Text: NY S05766 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to the fee charged for the issuance of the birth and death records in the city of Amsterdam.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-08 - PRINT NUMBER 5766A [S05766 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05766-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 5766--A                                            A. 8423--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 15, 2011
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       IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. FARLEY -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --
         recommitted  to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule
         6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. AMEDORE -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Health
         in  accordance  with  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,
         bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
         committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to the fee charged
         for the issuance of birth and death records
         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 524 of the laws  of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    3.  (A)  The  registrar  shall  be  entitled to a fee of ten dollars[,
    5  except in the county of Chemung and the county of Monroe and the  county
    6  of  Onondaga and the county of Tompkins whereby such fee shall be set by
    7  the county health commissioner and in the city of  Oswego  whereby  such
    8  fee  shall be set by the Oswego common council, up to the amount charged
    9  by the commissioner as prescribed in subdivision two of  section  forty-
   10  one  hundred seventy-four of this title] for each certification of birth
   11  or death or for each certified  copy  or  certified  transcript  of  any
   12  record  of  a  birth  or of a death or for a certification that a search
   13  discloses no record of a birth or of a death, furnished  by  him  to  an
   14  applicant,  except  that  no  fee shall be charged for a search, certif-
   15  ication of birth or death or certified copy or certified transcript of a
   16  birth or a death record to  be  used  for  school  entrance,  employment
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 5766--A                          2                         A. 8423--A
    1  certificate  or for purposes of public relief or government compensation
    2  or when required by the veterans administration to be used in  determin-
    3  ing  the  eligibility  of any person to participate in the benefits made
    4  available  by  the  veterans  administration, provided, however, that if
    5  such registrar is a city clerk, town clerk or village  clerk,  he  shall
    6  collect  such  fees  for  and  on behalf of the city, town or village in
    7  which he serves, provided, however, that an amount equivalent to the sum
    8  of such fees shall be paid at  least  monthly  by  such  city,  town  or
    9  village  to  such  city  clerk,  town clerk or village clerk entitled to
   10  receive fees as a registrar of vital statistics.
   11    (B) NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, IN THE  FOLLOW-
   12  ING  COUNTY  JURISDICTIONS  THE  FEE  SHALL  BE SET BY THE COUNTY HEALTH
   13  COMMISSIONER: CHEMUNG, MONROE, ONONDAGA, TOMPKINS; AND IN THE  FOLLOWING
   14  LOCAL  JURISDICTIONS THE FEE SHALL BE SET BY THE LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY:
   15  CITY OF OSWEGO, CITY OF AMSTERDAM.  IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, THE  FEE  MAY
   16  BE  SET  UP  TO  THE AMOUNT CHARGED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS PRESCRIBED IN
   17  SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FORTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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