Bill Text: VA SB959 | 2011 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Vital records; certified copies for veterans or his survivor, free of charge.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-03-15 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0148) [SB959 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2011-SB959-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 148 An Act to amend and reenact § 32.1-273 of the Code of Virginia, relating to copies of vital records for veterans. [S 959] Approved March 15, 2011

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 32.1-273 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 32.1-273. Fees for certified copies, searches of files, etc.; disposition.

A. The Board shall prescribe the fee, not to exceed eight dollars, for a certified copy of a vital record or for a search of the files or records when no copy is made and may establish a reasonable fee schedule related to its cost for information or other data provided for research, statistical or administrative purposes. Whenever any veteran or his survivor requires a certified copy of a vital record to obtain service-connected benefits, one copy of such record shall be provided directly to the Veterans Administration U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs upon their request and one copy shall be provided to the veteran or his surviving spouse, upon request. No charge shall be imposed upon a veteran or his survivor for the submission of vital records directly to the Veterans Administration a copy related to obtaining service-connected benefits.

B. Fees collected under this section by the State Registrar shall be transmitted to the Comptroller for deposit. Four dollars of each fee collected by the State Registrar shall be deposited by the Comptroller into the Vital Statistics Automation Fund established pursuant to § 32.1-273.1 for so long as shall be authorized. Four dollars of each fee shall be credited to a special fund to be appropriated by the General Assembly, as it deems necessary, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. When the Vital Statistics Automation System is completed, no further deposits into the fund shall be made and all fees collected under this section not credited to the special fund created by this subsection shall be deposited into the general fund of the state treasury.

C. Fees collected under this section by county and city registrars shall be deposited in the general fund of the county or city except that counties or cities operating health departments pursuant to the provisions of § 32.1-31 shall forward all such fees to the Department for deposit in the cooperative local health services fund.

D. Fees assessed against local departments of social services for furnished copies of vital records as needed to administer public assistance and social services programs, as defined in § 63.2-100, shall be payable on a quarterly basis.