House File 384 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 80)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to county recorder fees for certified copies of
2 certain vital statistics records, and providing an effective
3 date.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
5 TLSB 1651HV 82
6 eg/cf/24
PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 331.605, subsections 6 and 7, Code
1 2 2007, are amended to read as follows:
1 3 6. A county fee of four dollars in an amount equal to
1 4 forty percent of the fee collected by the county registrar
1 5 pursuant to section 144.46 for a certified copy of a birth
1 6 record, death record, or marriage certificate.
1 7 7. For filing an application for the license to marry,
1 8 thirty=five dollars, which includes payment for one certified
1 9 copy of the original certificate of marriage,. Out of this
1 10 amount, the county shall retain its fee, pursuant to
1 11 subsection 6, for a certified copy of a marriage certificate
1 12 to be issued following filing of the original certificate of
1 13 marriage, four dollars of which shall be retained by the
1 14 county pursuant to subsection 6. For issuing an application
1 15 for an order of the district court authorizing the validation
1 16 of a license to marry before the expiration of three days from
1 17 the date of issuance of the license, five dollars. The
1 18 district court shall authorize the early validation of a
1 19 marriage license without the payment of any fees imposed in
1 20 this subsection upon showing that the applicant is unable to
1 21 pay the fees.
1 22 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
1 23 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
1 24 EXPLANATION
1 25 The county recorder currently collects a county fee for
1 26 certified copies of a birth record, death record, or marriage
1 27 certificate which are deposited in the county general fund.
1 28 This bill increases the amount of the fee that the county
1 29 recorder can retain from $4 for each record or certificate to
1 30 40 percent of the fee collected by the county recorder
1 31 pursuant to the rules adopted by the department of public
1 32 health for certified copies.
1 33 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
1 34 LSB 1651HV 82
1 35 eg:rj/cf/24