Bill Text: IA HSB238 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill relating to preparation and issuance of vital statistics certificates.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-23 - Voted - Government Oversight. [HSB238 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HSB238-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
238
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
GOVERNMENT
OVERSIGHT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
KAUFMANN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
preparation
and
issuance
of
vital
statistics
1
certificates.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
144.45,
Code
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
144.45
Certified
copies
——
other
copies
.
3
1.
The
state
registrar
and
the
county
registrar
shall,
4
upon
written
request
from
any
applicant
entitled
to
a
record,
5
issue
a
certified
copy
of
any
certificate
or
record
in
the
6
registrar’s
custody
or
of
a
part
of
a
certificate
or
record.
7
Each
copy
issued
shall
show
the
date
of
registration;
and
8
copies
issued
from
records
marked
“delayed”,
“amended”,
or
9
“court
order”
shall
be
similarly
marked
and
show
the
effective
10
date.
11
2.
A
certified
copy
of
a
certificate,
or
any
part
thereof,
12
shall
be
considered
for
all
purposes
the
same
as
the
original
13
and
shall
be
prima
facie
evidence
of
the
facts
therein
stated,
14
provided
that
the
evidentiary
value
of
a
certificate
or
record
15
filed
more
than
one
year
after
the
event,
or
a
record
which
16
has
been
amended,
shall
be
determined
by
the
judicial
or
17
administrative
body
or
official
before
whom
the
certificate
is
18
offered
as
evidence.
19
3.
The
national
division
of
vital
statistics
may
be
20
furnished
copies
or
data
which
it
requires
for
national
21
statistics,
provided
that
the
state
be
reimbursed
for
the
cost
22
of
furnishing
data,
and
provided
further
that
data
shall
not
23
be
used
for
other
than
statistical
purposes
by
the
national
24
division
of
vital
statistics
unless
so
authorized
by
the
state
25
registrar.
26
4.
Federal,
state,
local,
and
other
public
or
private
27
agencies
may,
upon
written
request,
be
furnished
copies
or
data
28
for
statistical
purposes
upon
terms
or
conditions
prescribed
29
by
the
department.
30
5.
a.
No
person
shall
prepare
or
issue
any
certificate
31
which
purports
to
be
an
original
,
or
certified
copy
,
or
copy
of
32
a
certificate
of
birth,
death,
fetal
death,
or
marriage
except
33
as
authorized
in
this
chapter
.
34
b.
No
person,
in
the
person’s
capacity
as
an
employee
or
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agent
of
the
state
or
a
political
subdivision
of
the
state,
1
shall
prepare
or
issue
any
certificate
which
purports
to
be
a
2
copy
of
a
certificate
of
birth,
death,
fetal
death,
or
marriage
3
except
as
necessary
in
the
scope
of
the
person’s
employment
or
4
agency
or
as
otherwise
authorized
in
this
chapter.
5
EXPLANATION
6
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
7
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
8
This
bill
relates
to
the
preparation
and
issuance
of
vital
9
statistics
certificates.
10
Under
current
law,
a
person
is
not
allowed
to
prepare
or
11
issue
an
original,
certified
copy,
or
copy
of
a
certificate
12
of
birth,
death,
fetal
death,
or
marriage
except
as
provided
13
in
Code
chapter
144.
The
bill
maintains
these
restrictions
14
for
originals
and
certified
copies.
For
other
copies,
the
15
bill
provides
that
no
person,
in
the
person’s
capacity
as
an
16
employee
or
agent
of
the
state,
or
a
political
subdivision
17
of
the
state,
shall
prepare
or
issue
any
certificate
which
18
purports
to
be
a
copy
of
such
a
certificate
except
as
necessary
19
in
the
scope
of
the
person’s
employment
or
agency
or
as
20
provided
in
Code
chapter
144.
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