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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 144.13A, Code 2001, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 144.13A FEES – USE OF FUNDS. 1 4 1. The state registrar shall charge the parent aten1 5dollarfee for the registration of a certificate of birthand1 6aas follows: 1 7 a. Beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2004, a fee 1 8 of fifteen dollars. 1 9 b. Beginning July 1, 2004, a fee of twenty dollars. 1 10 2. The state registrar shall charge the parent a separate 1 11 fee established under section 144.46 for a certified copy of 1 12 the certificate. The certified copy shall be mailed to the 1 13 parent by the state registrar. 1 14 3. If the person responsible for the filing of the 1 15 certificate of birth under section 144.13 is not the parent, 1 16 the person is entitled to collect the fee from the parent. 1 17 The fee shall be remitted to the state registrar. If the 1 18 expenses of the birth are reimbursed under the medical 1 19 assistance program established by chapter 249A, or paid for 1 20 under the statewide indigent patient care program established 1 21 by chapter 255, or paid for under the obstetrical and newborn 1 22 indigent patient care program established by chapter 255A, or 1 23 if the parent is indigent and unable to pay the expenses of 1 24 the birth and no other means of payment is available to the 1 25 parent, the registration fee and certified copy fee are 1 26 waived. If the person responsible for the filing of the 1 27 certificate is not the parent, the person is discharged from 1 28 the duty to collect and remit the fee under this section if 1 29 the person has made a good faith effort to collect the fee 1 30 from the parent. 1 31 4. The fees collected by the state registrar shall be 1 32 remitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the general 1 33 fund of the state. 1 34 a. It is the intent of the general assembly that the funds 1 35 generated from the registration fees be appropriated and used 2 1 as follows: 2 2 (1) Beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2004, ten 2 3 dollars of each fee for primary and secondary child abuse 2 4 prevention programs, and five dollars of each fee for the 2 5 birth defects institute central registry established pursuant 2 6 to section 136A.6. 2 7 (2) Beginning July 1, 2004, ten dollars of each fee for 2 8 primary and secondary child abuse prevention programs, and ten 2 9 dollars of each fee for the birth defects institute central 2 10 registry established pursuant to section 136A.6. 2 11 b. It is the intent of the general assembly that the funds 2 12 generated from the fees as established under section 144.46 2 13 for the mailing of the certified copy of the birth certificate 2 14 be appropriated and used to support the distribution of the 2 15 automatic birth certificate and the implementation of the 2 16 electronic birth certificate system. 2 17 EXPLANATION 2 18 This bill increases the fee for the registration of a birth 2 19 certificate to $15 beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2 20 2004, and to $20 beginning July 1, 2004, in order to provide 2 21 funding for the birth defects institute central registry. 2 22 Currently the fee for registration of a birth certificate is 2 23 $10 and the funds generated from collection of the fees are 2 24 used for primary and secondary child abuse prevention 2 25 programs. Under the bill, during the period from July 1, 2 26 2002, until June 30, 2004, of the $15 fee, $10 would still be 2 27 used to fund primary and secondary child abuse prevention 2 28 programs and the increase of $5 would be used to fund the 2 29 birth defects institute central registry. Under the bill, 2 30 beginning July 1, 2004, of the $20 fee, $10 would still be 2 31 used to fund primary and secondary child abuse prevention 2 32 programs and the increase of $10 would be used to fund the 2 33 birth defects institute central registry. 2 34 LSB 6193XS 79 2 35 pf/cls/14.1
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