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Assembly Bill A306A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the fee charged for the issuance of birth and death certificates in city of Schenectady

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2019-A306 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4173, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7978
2021-2022: A274

2019-A306 - Summary

Authorizes the city of Schenectady to impose fees for the issuance of birth and death certificates through local law.

2019-A306 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    306
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- 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 certificates
 
   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

2019-A306A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4173, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7978
2021-2022: A274

2019-A306A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of Schenectady to impose fees for the issuance of birth and death certificates through local law.

2019-A306A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  306--A
                                                          Cal. No. 13
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Health  --  ordered  to  a  third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading

 AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing the
   city of Schenectady to impose fees for the issuance of birth and death
   certificates through local law
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  3 of section 4173 of the
 public health law, as amended by chapter 293 of the  laws  of  2019,  is
 added to read as follows:
   (b)  Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subdivision, in the follow-
 ing county jurisdictions the fee shall  be  set  by  the  county  health
 commissioner:  Chemung, Monroe, Onondaga, Tompkins; and in the following
 local jurisdictions the fee shall be set by the local legislative  body:
 city  of Oswego, city of Albany, CITY OF SCHENECTADY.  In such jurisdic-
 tions, the fee may be set up to the amount charged by  the  commissioner
 as  prescribed  in subdivision two of section forty-one hundred seventy-
 four of this title.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03571-02-0

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