Bill Text: IA SF441 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the issuance of birth certificates and providing for a repeal. (Formerly SSB 1129.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-03-16 - Subcommittee: Moore, Watts and Winckler. H.J. 679. [SF441 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF441-Amended.html
Senate File 441 - Reprinted SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1129) (As Amended and Passed by the Senate March 14, 2017) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the issuance of birth certificates and 2 providing for a repeal. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: SF 441 (3) 87 pf/nh/jh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 144.13A, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2017, 1 2 are amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. The state registrar shall charge the parent a fee of 1 4 twenty dollars for the registration of a certificate of birth 1 5as follows:1 6a. Beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2005, a fee 1 7 of fifteen dollars.1 8b. Beginning July 1, 2005, a fee of twenty dollars.1 9 2. The state registrar shall charge the parent a separate 1 10 fee established under section 144.46 for a certified copy of 1 11 the certificate. The certified copy shall include all of the 1 12 information included in the original certificate of birth and 1 13 shall be letter=sized. The certified copy shall be mailed to 1 14 the parent by the state registrar. The mailing of a certified 1 15 copy of the certificate to a biological parent shall not be 1 16 precluded by the execution of a release of custody under 1 17 chapter 600A, and, upon request, a biological parent shall be 1 18 provided with a certified copy of the certificate unless the 1 19 parental rights of the biological parent are terminated. 1 20 Sec. 2. Section 144.13A, Code 2017, is amended by adding the 1 21 following new subsection: 1 22 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. a. If, during the period between 1 23 May 1993 and October 2009, a parent was issued a smaller than 1 24 letter=sized certified copy of the certificate of birth under 1 25 this section, which did not include all of the information 1 26 included in the original certificate of birth, upon request 1 27 of a parent, the state registrar shall issue to the parent a 1 28 single letter=sized certified copy replacement that includes 1 29 all of the information provided in the original certificate of 1 30 birth. A parent shall not be required to exchange the smaller 1 31 certified copy for the larger certified copy replacement, but 1 32 may retain the smaller certified copy. 1 33 b. Notwithstanding the amount of the fee charged under 1 34 subsection 2, the state registrar shall not charge a fee 1 35 for the issuance of a single letter=sized certified copy of 2 1 the certificate of birth requested by a parent under this 2 2 subsection. 2 3 c. This subsection shall not apply if a new certificate of 2 4 birth was substituted for the original certificate of birth 2 5 pursuant to section 144.24. 2 6 d. The department shall post the application form and 2 7 instructions for requesting a letter=sized certified copy 2 8 replacement as specified in this subsection on the department's 2 9 internet site. This paragraph is repealed June 30, 2022. SF 441 (3) 87 pf/nh/jh