Assembly Bill A5097

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  5097

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 12, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the fee for  issu-
  ance of birth and death records in the city of Jamestown

  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] (A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS
SUBDIVISION,  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 OR HER 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  OR  SHE
shall  collect  such fees for and on behalf of the city, town or village
in which he OR SHE serves, provided, however, that an amount  equivalent
to  the  sum  of  such fees shall be paid at least monthly by such city,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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town or village to such city clerk, town clerk or village clerk entitled
to receive fees as a registrar of vital statistics.
  (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, IN THE COUNTIES OF CHEMUNG, MONROE, ONONDAGA AND TOMPKINS THE  FEE
SHALL  BE  SET  BY  THE COUNTY HEALTH COMMISSIONER, AND IN THE CITIES OF
OSWEGO AND JAMESTOWN THE FEE SHALL BE SET BY THE CITY LEGISLATIVE  BODY.
IN  SUCH COUNTIES AND CITIES THE FEE MAY BE SET UP TO THE AMOUNT CHARGED
BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  AS  PRESCRIBED  IN  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION
FORTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.