House File 2136

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON
                                           HUMAN RESOURCES

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2045)

    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to and making appropriations of birth certificate
  2    fees to the birth defects registry and for child abuse
  3    prevention programs, and providing an effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5125HV 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 144.13A, subsection 4, paragraph a,
  1  2 Code Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  It is the intent of the general assembly that the funds
  1  4 generated from the registration fees be appropriated and used
  1  5 as follows:
  1  6    (1)  Beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2005, ten
  1  7 dollars of each registration fee is appropriated and shall be
  1  8 used for primary and secondary child abuse prevention programs
  1  9 pursuant to section 235A.1, and five dollars of each
  1 10 registration fee is appropriated and shall be used for the
  1 11 birth defects institute central registry established pursuant
  1 12 to section 136A.6.
  1 13    (2)  Beginning July 1, 2005, ten dollars of each
  1 14 registration fee is appropriated and shall be used for primary
  1 15 and secondary child abuse prevention programs pursuant to
  1 16 section 235A.1, and ten dollars of each registration fee is
  1 17 appropriated and shall be used for the birth defects institute
  1 18 central registry established pursuant to section 136A.6.
  1 19    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 20 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 21                           EXPLANATION
  1 22    This bill provides for a standing appropriation of fees
  1 23 generated from the registration of certificates of birth.  The
  1 24 fee for a certificate of birth is $15 beginning July 1, 2003,
  1 25 and ending June 30, 2005, and is $20 beginning July 1, 2005,
  1 26 and thereafter.
  1 27    Beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2005, $10 of
  1 28 each fee is appropriated for primary and secondary child abuse
  1 29 prevention programs, and $5 of each fee is appropriated for
  1 30 the birth defects institute central registry.  Beginning July
  1 31 1, 2005, $10 of each fee is appropriated for primary and
  1 32 secondary child abuse prevention programs, and $10 of each fee
  1 33 is appropriated for the birth defects institute central
  1 34 registry.
  1 35    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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