Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to finance |
May 04, 2011 |
committee discharged and committed to finance |
Apr 13, 2011 |
print number 3551a |
Apr 13, 2011 |
amend and recommit to health |
Feb 25, 2011 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S3551
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 46th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2011-S3551 - Details
2011-S3551 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3551 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the fee charged for the issuance of birth and death records PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Authorizes the Albany Common Council to establish the fee charged for the issuance of birth and death records by the clerk of the City of Albany. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Amends section 4173(3) of the Public Health Law, to provide that the Albany Common Council may increase the fee charged for certified copies of birth and death certificates. JUSTIFICATION: Vital records are documents such as birth and death certificates. Currently, the City of Albany is authorized to charge up to $10 for a certified copy of these vital records. The fee for a certified copy has not increased since 1991, when the fee increased from $5.00 to its present fee of $10.00. By contrast, the charge authorized for the NYS Department of Health for such records under NYS Public Health Law section 4174(2) has been increased twice and is $30. Due to the increasing costs in providing services to its
2011-S3551 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 3551 A. 5667 2011-2012 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y February 25, 2011 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. McENENY, CANESTRARI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the fee charged for the issuance of birth and death records THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 4173 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 524 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 3. The registrar shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars, except in the county of Chemung and the county of Monroe and the county of Ononda- ga and the county of Tompkins whereby such fee shall be set by the coun- ty health commissioner and in the city of Oswego whereby such fee shall be set by the Oswego common council AND IN THE CITY OF ALBANY WHEREBY SUCH FEE SHALL BE SET BY THE ALBANY COMMON COUNCIL, up to the amount charged by the commissioner as prescribed in subdivision two of section forty-one hundred seventy-four of this title for each certification of birth or death or for each certified copy or certified transcript of any record of a birth or of a death or for a certification that a search discloses no record of a birth or of a death, furnished by him to an applicant, except that no fee shall be charged for a search, certif- ication of birth or death or certified copy or certified transcript of a birth or a death record to be used for school entrance, employment certificate or for purposes of public relief or government compensation or when required by the veterans administration to be used in determin- ing the eligibility of any person to participate in the benefits made available by the veterans administration, provided, however, that if such registrar is a city clerk, town clerk or village clerk, he shall EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09103-01-1
2011-S3551A (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S3551A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3551A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the fee charged for the issuance of birth and death records PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Authorizes the Albany Common Council to establish the fee charged for the issuance of birth and death records by the clerk of the City of Albany. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Amends section 4173(3) (b) of the public Health Law, to provide that the Albany Common Council may increase the fee charged for certified copies of birth and death certificates. JUSTIFICATION: Vital records are documents such as birth and death certificates. Currently, the City of Albany is authorized to charge up to $10 for a certified copy of these vital records. The fee for a certified copy has not increased since 1991, when the fee increased from $5.00 to its present fee of $10.00. By contrast, the charge authorized for the NYS Department of Health for such records under NYS Public Health Law section 4174(2) has been increased twice and is
2011-S3551A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 3551--A A. 5667--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y February 25, 2011 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. McENENY, CANESTRARI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the fee charged for the issuance of birth and death records THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 4173 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 524 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 3. (A) The registrar shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars[, except in the county of Chemung and the county of Monroe and the county of Onondaga and the county of Tompkins whereby such fee shall be set by the county health commissioner and in the city of Oswego whereby such fee shall be set by the Oswego common council, up to the amount charged by the commissioner as prescribed in subdivision two of section forty- one hundred seventy-four of this title] for each certification of birth or death or for each certified copy or certified transcript of any record of a birth or of a death or for a certification that a search discloses no record of a birth or of a death, furnished by him to an applicant, except that no fee shall be charged for a search, certif- ication of birth or death or certified copy or certified transcript of a birth or a death record to be used for school entrance, employment certificate or for purposes of public relief or government compensation or when required by the veterans administration to be used in determin- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09103-02-1
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