Senate Bill S8224

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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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A5456 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S8224 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5456
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-S8224 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-S8224 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8224 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8224
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 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
 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 JAMESTOWN.   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.

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