Bill Text: MI HB5418 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Records; birth; fees and procedure to obtain birth certificate; modify for certain individuals. Amends sec. 2891 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2891).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-17 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 01/16/2018 [HB5418 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5418-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5418

 

 

January 16, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Johnson, Ellison, Tedder, Lucido, Kelly and Vaupel and referred to the Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors.

 

      A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending section 2891 (MCL 333.2891), as amended by 2013 PA

 

136.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1        Sec. 2891. (1) The state registrar or a local registrar

 

 2  shall, upon receipt of a written request and payment of the

 

 3  prescribed fee, conduct a search for a vital record for an

 

 4  individual who purports to be eligible under section 2882 or for

 

 5  an agency under section 2883(2) to receive a certified copy,

 

 6  administrative use copy, or a statistical use copy of the

 

 7  requested vital record. However, if a local registrar receives a

 

 8  written request and payment of the fee charged by the local

 

 1  registrar under this section from an individual who purports to

 

 2  be eligible under section 2882 to receive a certified copy of a

 

 3  birth record of a qualified individual, the local registrar shall

 

 4  notify the state registrar. Upon receiving the notification, the

 

 5  state registrar shall conduct a search for the qualified

 

 6  individual's birth record and shall furnish to the local

 

 7  registrar for issuance to the individual making the request 1

 

 8  certified copy of the qualified individual's birth record or,

 

 9  subject to subsection (2), an official statement that the record

 

10  could not be located. As used in this subsection, "qualified

 

11  individual" means an individual who is the subject of the birth

 

12  record who was born before October 1, 1978 and for whom no father

 

13  is listed on the birth record.

 

14        (2) If a search for a vital record is conducted by the state

 

15  registrar and the vital record cannot be located, the state

 

16  registrar shall issue an official statement that the vital record

 

17  could not be located instead of a certified copy or an

 

18  administrative use copy of the vital record. If a search for a

 

19  vital record is conducted by a local registrar and the vital

 

20  record cannot be located, the local registrar is not required to

 

21  may issue an official statement as described in this subsection,

 

22  and the local registrar may waive the prescribed fee.

 

23        (3) The state registrar or a local registrar may require an

 

24  applicant who requests a certified copy, an administrative use

 

25  copy, or a statistical use copy of a vital record to provide

 

26  verification of his or her identity before releasing the vital

 

27  record if eligibility for the vital record is restricted under

 

 1  section 2882.

 

 2        (4) Subject to subsection (8), the fees for a search for a

 

 3  vital record are as follows:

 

 

4	(a) A search including 1 certified copy,
5	1 administrative use copy, or 1 statistical use
6	copy of a vital record or an official statement
7	issued by the state registrar that a vital record
8	could not be located..................................  $  34.00
9	(b) Additional identical copies ordered at
10	the same time.........................................  $  16.00
11	per  copy
12	(c) Additional years searched....................  $  12.00
13	per  year
14	(d) An authenticated copy........................  $  42.00
15	(e) Additional authenticated copies ordered
16	at the same time......................................  $  26.00
17	per  copy
18	(f) Verification of facts delineated in
19	section 2881(2).......................................  $  18.00
20	(g) Except as otherwise provided in
21	subdivision (h), a request for an expedited
22	search for a vital record under this
23	subsection............................................  $  12.00
24	(h) A request for an expedited search
25	for an authenticated copy of a vital
26	record under subdivision (d)..........................  $  25.00

 

 

27        (5) The fees for establishment or registration of a vital

 

28  record are as follows:

 

 

1	(a) Application for establishment of a
2	delayed certificate of birth or death that
3	includes 1 certified copy or an official
4	denial of the application.............................  $  50.00
5	(b) Registration of a delayed certificate
6	of birth for a foreign born adopted child that
7	includes 1 certified copy.............................  $  50.00

 

 

 8        (6) Upon formal application of a soldier; sailor; marine;

 

 9  member of the coast guard; nurse; member of a women's auxiliary;

 

10  or other person individual who is entitled to a bonus, a pension,

 

11  or other compensation under a law of this state, the United

 

12  States, or another state or territory of the United States or a

 

13  service auxiliary for a vital record for the purpose of obtaining

 

14  the bonus, pension, or compensation, the state registrar shall

 

15  furnish 1 certified copy of the vital record requested without

 

16  charge. If the person individual entitled to the vital record is

 

17  deceased or mentally incompetent, the state registrar may furnish

 

18  the copy to an heir, guardian, or legal representative of the

 

19  person. individual. The state registrar shall label a certified

 

20  copy furnished under this subsection with the following

 

21  statement: "for veteran's benefits only, not for personal use".

 

22        (7) Upon formal application, the state registrar or a local

 

23  registrar shall furnish a certified copy of a vital record

 

24  without charge to a licensed child placing agency representing a

 

25  child for adoption purposes. The state registrar or local

 

26  registrar shall label a certified copy provided under this

 

 1  subsection with the following statement: "for adoption purposes

 

 2  only, not for personal use".

 

 3        (8) Upon formal application, the The state registrar shall

 

 4  comply with all of the following:

 

 5        (a) Subject to subdivision (b), upon formal application,

 

 6  charge a person an individual 65 years of age or older a fee of

 

 7  $14.00 for a search for and 1 certified copy of his or her birth

 

 8  record.

 

 9        (b) If the state registrar receives notice from a local

 

10  registrar under subsection (1), conduct the search and furnish to

 

11  the local registrar the certified copy or the official statement

 

12  without charging the individual requesting the record a fee that

 

13  is in addition to the fee charged by the local registrar under

 

14  this section.

 

15        (9) The state registrar shall charge the following fees for

 

16  the creation of new vital records and corrections of vital

 

17  records:

 

 

18	(a) Application to create a new certificate
19	of birth following an adoption; legal change of
20	name for minors; acknowledgment of paternity; sex
21	change; legitimation; order of filiation; or a
22	request to replace a court filed certificate of
23	adoption..............................................  $  50.00
24	(b) Subject to subsection (10),
25	application received within 1 year of the date
26	of the event to create a new certificate of birth
27	or death to correct obvious minor errors and

1	omissions.............................................  $  50.00
2	(c) An application with a request for an
3	expedited creation of a new certificate under
4	this subsection.......................................  $  25.00

 

 

 5        (10) The errors and omissions that may be corrected under

 

 6  subsection (9)(b) are limited to the following:

 

 7        (a) The addition of a given first or middle name if a name

 

 8  was not recorded at the time of filing.

 

 9        (b) A change to a social security number.

 

10        (c) The addition of information originally specified as

 

11  unknown or that was omitted by error.

 

12        (d) A minor spelling change.

 

13        (11) The state registrar shall charge a fee of $50.00 for an

 

14  application to amend birth and death records more than 1 year

 

15  after the date of the event for the purpose of adding information

 

16  or correcting an error in information recorded on the document.

 

17  The state registrar shall charge a fee of $25.00 for an

 

18  application with a request for an expedited amendment to a birth

 

19  or death record under this subsection.

 

20        (12) The state registrar shall not charge a fee for any of

 

21  the following:

 

22        (a) Changing a vital record to correct an error made within

 

23  the office of a local registrar or the state registrar.

 

24        (b) Correcting an error if the correction is initiated by

 

25  the state registrar.

 

26        (c) Correcting a vital record if the correction is requested

 

 1  by a county medical examiner for a case within his or her

 

 2  jurisdiction.

 

 3        (d) Correcting a record if the correction is ordered by a

 

 4  court of competent jurisdiction following denial by the

 

 5  department of an application to make the correction.

 

 6        (e) Correcting a vital record if the correction is requested

 

 7  by a public agency that is the guardian of the individual to whom

 

 8  the vital record pertains.

 

 9        (13) The state registrar shall charge a fee of $50.00 for an

 

10  application to amend a birth record regarding a documented legal

 

11  change of name for an adult. The state registrar shall charge a

 

12  fee of $25.00 for an application with a request for an expedited

 

13  amendment to a birth record under this subsection.

 

14        (14) The state registrar or a local registrar with approval

 

15  of the state registrar may charge a reasonable fee to cover the

 

16  costs of special services performed pursuant to section 2883,

 

17  2884, or 2888.

 

18        (15) A local registrar shall deposit fees collected under

 

19  this section as the governing body of the city or county directs.

 

20  The state registrar shall transmit fees collected under this

 

21  section to the state treasurer for deposit into the vital records

 

22  fund created in section 2892.

 

23        (16) The state registrar shall charge a fee of $12.00 for an

 

24  application for a copy or a certified copy of a vital records-

 

25  related document, including, but not limited to, a completed

 

26  application submitted under this section or a document submitted

 

27  under this section to support a requested change to a vital

 

 1  record.

 

 2        (17) The state registrar or a local registrar shall not

 

 3  charge a fee other than a fee prescribed in this section.

 

 4  However, a local governmental unit may adopt a system of fees for

 

 5  local registrars under the jurisdiction of the local governmental

 

 6  unit for a search that provides for fees less than those set

 

 7  forth in this section, and a charter county with a population of

 

 8  more than 2,000,000 may adopt a system of fees for a local

 

 9  registrar under the jurisdiction of that charter county that

 

10  provides for fees more than those set forth in this section.

 

11  However, a charter county shall not impose a fee that is greater

 

12  than the cost of the service for which the fee is charged.

 

13        (18) For searches under subsection (4), a local registrar

 

14  shall charge fees according to the following:

 

15        (a) The governing body of a local governmental unit that has

 

16  jurisdiction over a local registrar may adopt a system of fees

 

17  for the local registrar that provides for fees less than or equal

 

18  to the fees set forth in subsection (4). These fees shall must be

 

19  used for the maintenance and sustenance of the vital records fees

 

20  program only. The fees shall must alleviate any burden to the

 

21  taxpayers to provide this worthwhile program. A charter county

 

22  with a population of more than 2,000,000 may adopt a system of

 

23  fees for a local registrar under the jurisdiction of that charter

 

24  county that provides for fees that are more than the fees set

 

25  forth in subsection (4). A charter county shall not impose a fee

 

26  that is greater than the cost of the service for which the fee is

 

27  charged. A system of fees adopted under this subdivision shall

 

 1  must be used by all local registrars under the jurisdiction of

 

 2  the local governmental unit and shall must be reasonably related

 

 3  to the cost incurred by the local registrar in making the search.

 

 4        (b) If a system of fees is not adopted by a local

 

 5  registrar's local governmental unit under subdivision (a), the

 

 6  local registrar shall not charge a fee other than a fee

 

 7  prescribed in subsection (4).

 

 8        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

 9  after the date it is enacted into law.