Senate
File
441
-
Reprinted
SENATE
FILE
441
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1129)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
14,
2017
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
issuance
of
birth
certificates
and
1
providing
for
a
repeal.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
144.13A,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2017,
1
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
state
registrar
shall
charge
the
parent
a
fee
of
3
twenty
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
2.
The
state
registrar
shall
charge
the
parent
a
separate
9
fee
established
under
section
144.46
for
a
certified
copy
of
10
the
certificate.
The
certified
copy
shall
include
all
of
the
11
information
included
in
the
original
certificate
of
birth
and
12
shall
be
letter-sized.
The
certified
copy
shall
be
mailed
to
13
the
parent
by
the
state
registrar.
The
mailing
of
a
certified
14
copy
of
the
certificate
to
a
biological
parent
shall
not
be
15
precluded
by
the
execution
of
a
release
of
custody
under
16
chapter
600A
,
and,
upon
request,
a
biological
parent
shall
be
17
provided
with
a
certified
copy
of
the
certificate
unless
the
18
parental
rights
of
the
biological
parent
are
terminated.
19
Sec.
2.
Section
144.13A,
Code
2017,
is
amended
by
adding
the
20
following
new
subsection:
21
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
a.
If,
during
the
period
between
22
May
1993
and
October
2009,
a
parent
was
issued
a
smaller
than
23
letter-sized
certified
copy
of
the
certificate
of
birth
under
24
this
section,
which
did
not
include
all
of
the
information
25
included
in
the
original
certificate
of
birth,
upon
request
26
of
a
parent,
the
state
registrar
shall
issue
to
the
parent
a
27
single
letter-sized
certified
copy
replacement
that
includes
28
all
of
the
information
provided
in
the
original
certificate
of
29
birth.
A
parent
shall
not
be
required
to
exchange
the
smaller
30
certified
copy
for
the
larger
certified
copy
replacement,
but
31
may
retain
the
smaller
certified
copy.
32
b.
Notwithstanding
the
amount
of
the
fee
charged
under
33
subsection
2,
the
state
registrar
shall
not
charge
a
fee
34
for
the
issuance
of
a
single
letter-sized
certified
copy
of
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the
certificate
of
birth
requested
by
a
parent
under
this
1
subsection.
2
c.
This
subsection
shall
not
apply
if
a
new
certificate
of
3
birth
was
substituted
for
the
original
certificate
of
birth
4
pursuant
to
section
144.24.
5
d.
The
department
shall
post
the
application
form
and
6
instructions
for
requesting
a
letter-sized
certified
copy
7
replacement
as
specified
in
this
subsection
on
the
department’s
8
internet
site.
This
paragraph
is
repealed
June
30,
2022.
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