H-1327

   Amend House File 393, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
   1.  Page 52, after line 25 by inserting: 
<DIVISION ___
BIRTH CERTIFICATES

   Sec. ___.  Section 144.13A, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  The state registrar shall charge the parent a fee of twenty dollars for the registration of a certificate of birth as follows:.
   a.  Beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2005, a fee of fifteen dollars.
   b.  Beginning July 1, 2005, a fee of twenty dollars.
   2.  The state registrar shall charge the parent a separate fee established under section 144.46 for a certified copy of the certificate.  The certified copy shall include all of the information included in the original certificate of birth and shall be letter-sized. The certified copy shall be mailed to the parent by the state registrar. The mailing of a certified copy of the certificate to a biological parent shall not be precluded by the execution of a release of custody under chapter 600A, and, upon request, a biological parent shall be provided with a certified copy of the certificate unless the parental rights of the biological parent are terminated.
   Sec. ___.  Section 144.13A, Code 2017, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  a.  If, during the period between May 1993 and October 2009, a parent was issued a smaller than letter-sized certified copy of the certificate of birth under this section, which did not include all of the information included in the original certificate of birth, upon request of a parent, the state registrar shall issue to the parent a single letter-sized certified copy replacement that includes all of the information provided in the original certificate of birth. A parent shall not be required to exchange the smaller certified copy for the larger certified copy replacement, but may retain the smaller certified copy.
   b.  Notwithstanding the amount of the fee charged under subsection 2, the state registrar shall not charge a fee for the issuance of a single letter-sized certified copy of the certificate of birth requested by a parent under this subsection.
   c.  This subsection shall not apply if a new certificate of birth was substituted for the original certificate of birth pursuant to section 144.24.
   d.  The department shall post the application form and instructions for requesting a letter-sized certified copy replacement as specified in this subsection on the department’s internet site. This paragraph is repealed June 30, 2022.>
   2.  Title page, line 2, by striking <and>
   3.  Title page, line 3, after <provision> by inserting <and providing for a repeal>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.