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Senate Bill S6441

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes the Utica common council to establish the fee charged for the issuance of birth and death records

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2009-S6441 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง4173, Pub Health L

2009-S6441 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the Utica common council to establish the fee charged for the issuance of birth and death records.

2009-S6441 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6441 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6441

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 11, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  the  fee  charged
  for the issuance of birth and death records in certain cities

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 4173 of the public health law,  as
amended  by  chapter  524  of  the  laws  of 2007, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. The registrar shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars, except  in
the  [county]  COUNTIES  of Chemung [and the county of], Monroe [and the
county of], Onondaga and [the county of] Tompkins whereby such fee shall
be set by the county health commissioner and in  the  [city]  CITIES  of
Oswego  AND  UTICA  whereby such fee shall be set by the [Oswego] common
council OF SUCH CITIES, up to the amount charged by the commissioner  as
prescribed  in subdivision two of section forty-one hundred seventy-four
of this title for each certification of  birth  or  death  or  for  each
certified  copy or certified transcript of any record of a birth or of a
death or for a certification that a search  discloses  no  record  of  a
birth  or  of  a death, furnished by him to an applicant, except that no
fee shall be charged for a search, certification of birth  or  death  or
certified  copy  or certified transcript of a birth or a death record to
be used for school entrance, employment certificate or for  purposes  of
public  relief or government compensation or when required by the veter-
ans administration to be used in  determining  the  eligibility  of  any
person  to  participate  in  the benefits made available by the veterans
administration, provided, however, that if  such  registrar  is  a  city
clerk,  town  clerk or village clerk, he shall collect such fees for and
on behalf of the city, town or village in  which  he  serves,  provided,
however, that an amount equivalent to the sum of such fees shall be paid
at  least monthly by such city, town or village to such city clerk, town
clerk or village clerk entitled to receive fees as a registrar of  vital
statistics.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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