Senate File 201 - Reprinted



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1127)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  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 1651SV 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 takes effect on the
  1 23 first day of the month following enactment.
  1 24 SF 201
  1 25 eg:rj/cc/26