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Assembly Bill A2077

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Reduces certain fees charged by municipalities for birth and death records; repealer

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2009-A2077 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3383
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld & add ยง4174 sub 3, Pub Health L

2009-A2077 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Reduces the fees charged by municipalities for searching records relating to birth and/or death certificates; such searches would be billed at a rate of twenty dollars an hour; half-hours work would equal ten dollars, etc.

2009-A2077 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2077

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to fees  charged  for
  certain records; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating
  thereto

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 4174 of the public health  law  is
REPEALED and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
  3.  FOR  ANY  SEARCH OF THE FILES AND RECORDS CONDUCTED FOR AUTHORIZED
GENEALOGICAL OR  RESEARCH  PURPOSES,  THE  COMMISSIONER  OR  ANY  PERSON
AUTHORIZED  BY  HIM  SHALL CHARGE A FEE FOR PERFORMING SUCH SEARCH.  THE
FEE SHALL BE DETERMINED AT THE RATE OF TWENTY DOLLARS AN HOUR  FOR  TIME
ACTUALLY  SPENT  IN  CONDUCTING  SUCH SEARCH, TOGETHER WITH A FEE OF TWO
DOLLARS FOR EACH UNCERTIFIED COPY OR ABSTRACT OF SUCH  RECORD  REQUESTED
OR  FOR  A CERTIFICATION THAT A SEARCH DISCLOSES NO RECORD.  IN THE CASE
WHERE THE ACTUAL FULL DATE OF THE RECORD IS SPECIFIED, AND  THE  REQUEST
IS MADE TO A LOCAL CLERK'S OFFICE, THE COST OF RETRIEVAL AND COPY OF THE
RECORD SHALL BE FIVE DOLLARS.  IN THE CASE WHERE THE ACTUAL FULL DATE OF
THE  RECORD PLUS THE STATE'S RECORD NUMBER IS SPECIFIED, AND THE REQUEST
IS MADE TO THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE COST OF RETRIEVAL  AND  COPY
OF THE RECORD SHALL BE TEN DOLLARS.  IF NO RECORD IS FOUND IN THE AFORE-
MENTIONED TWO CASES, THE LOCAL CLERK OR STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ENTI-
TLED  TO  CHARGE  THE SAME FEE AS IF THE RECORD WERE FOUND.  ALL RECORDS
COPIED SHALL CONTINUE TO BE STAMPED "FOR GENEALOGICAL PURPOSES ONLY."
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00888-01-9

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