Senate Study Bill 1274 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BOLKCOM) A BILL FOR An Act providing for an increase in birth certificate fees. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 2613XC (2) 86 pf/nh
S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 144.13A, subsection 1, Code 2015, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. The state registrar shall charge the parent a fee of 3 thirty dollars for the registration of a certificate of birth 4 as follows: 5 a. Beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2005, a fee 6 of fifteen dollars . 7 b. Beginning July 1, 2005, a fee of twenty dollars. 8 Sec. 2. Section 144.13A, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 9 2015, is amended to read as follows: 10 a. Ten dollars of each registration fee is appropriated and 11 shall be used for primary and secondary child abuse prevention 12 programs pursuant to section 235A.1 , and ten twenty dollars of 13 each registration fee is appropriated and shall be used for the 14 center for congenital and inherited disorders central registry 15 established pursuant to section 136A.6 , including to provide 16 for surveillance of stillbirths as defined in section 136A.2 . 17 Notwithstanding section 8.33 , moneys appropriated in this 18 paragraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close 19 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available 20 for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close 21 of the succeeding fiscal year, and shall not be transferred, 22 used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except 23 as provided in this paragraph. 24 EXPLANATION 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 26 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 27 This bill increases the fee for a certificate of birth from 28 $20 to $30. Currently, $10 of the fee is appropriated and 29 used for primary and secondary child abuse prevention programs 30 and $10 is appropriated and used for the center for congenital 31 and inherited disorders central registry. Under the bill, the 32 additional $10 is appropriated and used for the center for 33 congenital and inherited disorders central registry, including 34 to provide for surveillance of stillbirths. 35 -1- LSB 2613XC (2) 86 pf/nh 1/ 1