House
Study
Bill
603
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SCHULTZ)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
vital
records
by
increasing
fees
for
1
certified
copies
of
marriage
certificates.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
144.46,
subsection
2,
Code
2014,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
Fees
collected
by
the
state
registrar
and
by
the
county
3
registrar
on
behalf
of
the
state
under
this
section
shall
4
be
deposited
in
the
general
fund
of
the
state
and
the
vital
5
records
fund
established
in
section
144.46A
in
accordance
with
6
an
apportionment
established
by
rule.
Fees
collected
by
the
7
county
registrar
pursuant
to
section
331.605,
subsection
1
,
8
paragraph
paragraphs
“f”
and
“0g”
,
shall
be
deposited
in
the
9
county
general
fund.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
331.605,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
f
and
g,
11
Code
2014,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
12
f.
A
county
fee
of
four
dollars
for
a
certified
copy
of
a
13
birth
record
,
or
death
record
,
or
marriage
certificate
.
14
g.
For
filing
an
application
for
the
license
to
marry,
15
thirty-five
dollars,
which
includes
payment
for
one
certified
16
copy
of
the
original
certificate
of
marriage,
to
be
issued
17
following
filing
of
the
original
certificate
of
marriage,
four
18
fourteen
dollars
of
which
shall
be
retained
by
the
county
19
pursuant
to
paragraph
“f”
“0g”
.
For
issuing
an
application
20
for
an
order
of
the
district
court
authorizing
the
validation
21
of
a
license
to
marry
before
the
expiration
of
three
days
22
from
the
date
of
issuance
of
the
license,
five
dollars.
The
23
district
court
shall
authorize
the
early
validation
of
a
24
marriage
license
without
the
payment
of
any
fees
imposed
in
25
this
paragraph
upon
showing
that
the
applicant
is
unable
to
pay
26
the
fees.
27
Sec.
3.
Section
331.605,
subsection
1,
Code
2014,
is
amended
28
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
29
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0g.
A
county
fee
of
fourteen
dollars
for
a
30
certified
copy
of
a
marriage
certificate.
31
EXPLANATION
32
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
33
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
34
This
bill
increases
the
fee
for
a
certified
copy
of
a
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marriage
certificate
from
$4
to
$14.
The
bill
authorizes
the
1
county
to
retain
$14
rather
than
$4
of
the
$35
fee
for
filing
an
2
application
for
a
marriage
license.
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