House File 263
HOUSE FILE
BY MURPHY and MADDOX
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the fee and use of fee for a certificate of
2 birth.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 1818HH 80
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 144.13A, Code 2003, 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 a ten
1 5 dollar fee for the registration of a certificate of birth and
1 6 a as follows:
1 7 a. Beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2005, a fee
1 8 of fifteen dollars.
1 9 b. Beginning July 1, 2005, 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, 2003, and ending June 30, 2005, 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, 2005, 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, 2003, and ending June 30,
2 20 2005, and to $20 beginning July 1, 2005, 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 2003, until June 30, 2005, 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, 2005, 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.
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