Assembly Bill No. 550–Committee on Ways and Means

 

May 22, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

 

SUMMARY—Increases certain fees collected by State Registrar. (BDR 40‑1357)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to vital statistics; increasing the amount of money that certain persons or governmental organizations must remit to the State Registrar for issuing a certified or official copy of a certificate of birth; requiring those persons or governmental organizations to remit a certain amount to the State Registrar for issuing a certified or official certificate of death; increasing the fees the State Registrar must charge and collect for a certified copy of a record of birth or death; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. NRS 440.175 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  440.175  1.  Upon request, the State Registrar may furnish

1-3  statistical data to any federal, state, local or other public or private

1-4  agency, upon such terms or conditions as may be prescribed by the

1-5  Board.

1-6  2.  No person may prepare or issue any document which

1-7  purports to be an original, certified copy, certified abstract or

1-8  official copy of:

1-9  (a) A certificate of birth, death or fetal death, except as

1-10  authorized in this chapter or by the Board.

1-11      (b) A certificate of marriage, except a county recorder or a

1-12  person so required pursuant to NRS 122.120.

2-1  (c) A decree of divorce or annulment of marriage, except a

2-2  county clerk or the judge of a court of record.

2-3  3.  A person or governmental organization which issues

2-4  certified or official copies pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2

2-5  shall remit to the State Registrar:

2-6  (a) For each registration of a birth or death in its district, $2.

2-7  (b) For each copy issued of a certificate of birth in its district,

2-8  [$5.] $7.

2-9  (c) For each copy issued of a certificate of death in its district,

2-10  $1.

2-11      Sec. 2.  NRS 440.700 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-12      440.700  1.  The State Registrar shall charge and collect the

2-13  following fees:

 

2-14  For searching the files for one name, if no copy is

2-15  made....................................................... $8

2-16  For verifying a vital record..................... 8

2-17  For establishing and filing a record of paternity (other

2-18  than a hospital-based paternity), and providing a

2-19  certified copy of the new record........... 20

2-20  For a certified copy of a record of birth[11] 13

2-21  For a certified copy of a record of death[9] 10

2-22  For correcting a record on file with the State

2-23  Registrar and providing a certified copy of the

2-24  corrected record..................................... 20

2-25  For replacing a record on file with the State Registrar

2-26  and providing a certified copy of the new record20

2-27  For filing a delayed certificate of birth and providing

2-28  a certified copy of the certificate.......... 20

2-29  For the services of a notary public, provided by the

2-30  State Registrar......................................... 2

2-31  For an index of records of marriage provided on

2-32  microfiche to a person other than a county recorder of

2-33  a county of this state........................... 200

2-34  For an index of records of divorce provided on

2-35  microfiche to a person other than a county recorder of

2-36  a county in this state............................ 100

2-37  For compiling data files which require specific

2-38  changes in computer programming.... 200

 

2-39      2.  The fee collected for furnishing a copy of a certificate of

2-40  birth or death includes the sum of $3 for credit to the Children’s

2-41  Trust Account.

3-1  3.  The fee collected for furnishing a copy of a certificate of

3-2  death includes the sum of $1 for credit to the Review of Death of

3-3  Children Account.

3-4  4.  Upon the request of any parent or guardian, the State

3-5  Registrar shall supply, without the payment of a fee, a certificate

3-6  limited to a statement as to the date of birth of any child as disclosed

3-7  by the record of such birth when the certificate is necessary for

3-8  admission to school or for securing employment.

3-9  5.  The United States Bureau of the Census may obtain, without

3-10  expense to the State, transcripts or certified copies of births and

3-11  deaths without payment of a fee.

 

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