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Assembly Bill A6348

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes the common council of the city of Albany, as the local legislative body, to establish the fee charged for issuance of birth and death records

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2013-A6348 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1141
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง4173, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5667, S3551
2015-2016: A3052, S2124
2017-2018: A1860, S2685
2019-2020: A6463, S987

2013-A6348 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the common council of the city of Albany, as the local legislative body, to establish the fee charged for issuance of birth and death records.

2013-A6348 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6348

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 25, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY, McDONALD -- read once and referred 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. (A) 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 Onondaga and the county of Tompkins whereby such fee shall be set  by
the  county  health  commissioner and in the city of Oswego whereby such
fee shall be set by the Oswego 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01873-01-3

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