Bill Text: MA S1872 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to vital records
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-18 - House concurred [S1872 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1872-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Thomas P. Kennedy
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
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��������������� The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to vital records.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Thomas P. Kennedy |
Second Plymouth and Bristol |
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Christine E. Canavan |
10th Plymouth |
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Michael Brady |
9th Plymouth |
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Steven C. Panagiotakos |
First Middlsex |
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Peter J. Koutoujian |
10th Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to vital records.
��������������� Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
����������� SECTION 1.� Any native American Indian whose certified birth record or copy thereof contains a racial designation that is incorrect or missing may, without payment of a fee obtain one certified copy of her or his birth record from which such incorrect racial designation has been removed or corrected. The person requesting the birth record shall provide satisfactory proof from a Native American Indian authority, or sworn and notarized statement to substantiate their Native American Indian ancestry. The certificate issued shall not be marked or designated �amended� solely for the reason set forth in this section. This Act shall take effect upon passage.
