House File 851 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 455)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to fees imposed for certified copies of death
  2    certificates.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1632HV 81
  5 rn/pj/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 144.46, Code 2005, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    144.46  FEE FOR COPY OF RECORD.
  1  4    1.  The Except as provided in subsection 2, the department
  1  5 by rule shall establish fees based on the average
  1  6 administrative cost which shall be collected by the state
  1  7 registrar or the county registrar for each certified copy or
  1  8 short form certification of certificates or records, or for a
  1  9 search of the files or records when no copy is made, or when
  1 10 no record is found on file.
  1 11    2.  The state registrar or the county registrar shall
  1 12 charge a fee of fifteen dollars for the first certified copy
  1 13 of a death certificate, and ten dollars for each additional
  1 14 certified copy of a death certificate ordered at the same
  1 15 time, which fees include the fees collected pursuant to
  1 16 section 331.605, subsection 6.
  1 17    3.  Fees collected by the state registrar and by the county
  1 18 registrar on behalf of the state under this section shall be
  1 19 deposited in the general fund of the state.  Fees collected by
  1 20 the county registrar pursuant to section 331.605, subsection
  1 21 6, shall be deposited in the county general fund.  A fee shall
  1 22 not be collected from a political subdivision or agency of
  1 23 this state.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill provides that the state registrar or the county
  1 26 registrar shall charge a fee of $15 for the first certified
  1 27 copy of a death certificate, and $10 for each additional
  1 28 certified copy of a death certificate ordered at the same
  1 29 time.  The bill specifically sets out these fees in a new
  1 30 subsection of Code section 144.46, which more generally
  1 31 provides that the Iowa department of public health shall
  1 32 establish fees for copies of record by rule based on the
  1 33 average administrative cost incurred by the state registrar or
  1 34 county registrar.
  1 35    Current provisions regarding the deposit of fees collected
  2  1 by the state registrar and by the county registrar in the
  2  2 general fund of the state, and deposit in the county general
  2  3 fund of fees retained by the county registrar pursuant to Code
  2  4 section 331.605, subsection 6, continue to be applicable to
  2  5 certified copies of death certificates.
  2  6 LSB 1632HV 81
  2  7 rn:rj/pj/5