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Assembly Bill A5456

Signed By Governor

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of Jamestown to set the fee for issuance of birth and death certificates

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2019-A5456 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4173, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8002
2015-2016: A5097
2017-2018: A4278

2019-A5456 - Summary

Authorizes the city of Jamestown to set the fee for issuance of birth and death certificates.

2019-A5456 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5456
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GOODELL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GIGLIO,
   MORINELLO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the fee for issu-
   ance of birth and death records in the city of Jamestown
 
   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]  (A)  EXCEPT  AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, 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 OR HER 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 OR SHE
 shall collect such fees for and on behalf of the city, town  or  village
 in  which he OR SHE serves, provided, however, that an amount equivalent
 to the sum of such fees shall be paid at least  monthly  by  such  city,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2019-A5456A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4173, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8002
2015-2016: A5097
2017-2018: A4278

2019-A5456A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of Jamestown to set the fee for issuance of birth and death certificates.

2019-A5456A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5456--A
                                                         Cal. No. 207
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GOODELL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GIGLIO,
   MORINELLO  --  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 the fee for issu-
   ance of birth and death records in the city of Jamestown
 
   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 293 of the laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  (a)  [The]  EXCEPT  AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, THE registrar shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars 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  veterans  adminis-
 tration  to  be  used  in  determining  the eligibility of any person to
 participate in the benefits made  available  by  the  veterans  adminis-
 tration, 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.
   (b)  Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subdivision, in the follow-
 ing county jurisdictions the fee shall  be  set  by  the  county  health
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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