Assembly Actions -
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Apr 27, 2010 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S7629
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S7629 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10752
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §4173, Pub Health L
2009-S7629 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7629 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the fee charged for the issuance of birth and death records PURPOSE : Authorizes the Binghamton common council to establish the fee charged for the issuance of birth and death records by the clerk of the city of Binghamton. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends section 4173(3) of the public health law, to provide that the Binghamton common council may increase the fee charged for certified copies of birth and death certificates up to the amount charged by the commissioner as prescribed in Public Health Law Section 4174(2). JUSTIFICATION : Vital records are documents such as birth and death certificates. Currently, the city of Binghamton is authorized to charge up to $10 for a certified copy of these vital records. Due to increasing costs in providing services to its residents and balancing the budget, the city of Binghamton has requested legislation enabling them to implement a fee increase up to $30 as set by Public Health Law Section 4174(2).
2009-S7629 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7629 I N S E N A T E April 27, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LIBOUS -- 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 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 of Chemung and the county of Monroe and the county of Ononda- ga and the county of Tompkins whereby such fee shall be set by the coun- ty health commissioner and in the city of Oswego whereby such fee shall be set by the Oswego common council, AND IN THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON WHERE SUCH FEE SHALL BE SET BY THE BINGHAMTON COMMON COUNCIL, 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, certif- ication 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 veterans administration to be used in determin- ing 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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