A00306 Summary:

BILL NOA00306A
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORSteck
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §4173, Pub Health L
 
Authorizes the city of Schenectady to impose fees for the issuance of birth and death certificates through local law.
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A00306 Actions:

BILL NOA00306A
 
01/09/2019referred to health
01/15/2019reported referred to ways and means
05/30/2019reported
05/30/2019advanced to third reading cal.467
06/03/2019passed assembly
06/03/2019delivered to senate
06/03/2019REFERRED TO RULES
01/08/2020DIED IN SENATE
01/08/2020RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
01/08/2020ordered to third reading cal.13
01/15/2020amended on third reading (t) 306a
06/10/2020passed assembly
06/10/2020delivered to senate
06/10/2020REFERRED TO RULES
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A00306 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A306A
 
SPONSOR: Steck
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing the city of Schenectady to impose fees for the issuance of birth and death certificates through local law   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Authorizes the Schenectady City Council to establish the fee charged for the issuance of birth and death records by the clerk of the City of Schenectady.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Amends section 4173(3) (b) of the public Health Law, to provide that the Schenectady City Council may increase the fee charged for certified copies of birth and death certificates.   JUSTIFICATION: Vital records are documents such as birth and death certificates. Currently, the City of Schenectady is authorized to charge up to $10 for a certified copy of these vital records. The fee for a certified copy has not increased since 1991, when the fee increased from $5.00 to its present fee of $10.00. By contrast, the charge authorized for the NYS Department of Health for such records under NYS Public Health Law section 4174(2) has been increased twice and is $30. Due to the increas- ing costs in providing services to its residents and balancing the budg- et, the Schenectady City Council has requested legislation enabling them to implement a fee increase. Local governments have limited resources, many of which are currently experiencing declines as a result of their economic sensitivity. Consequently, it is more important than ever that the state find no-cost ways to enhance local governments' ability to generate additional resources.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2019: A306 - passed Assembly 2017/18: A7978 - rules   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None to State, additional local revenue will offset the need to increase local property taxes.   EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately
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A00306 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         306--A
                                                                 Cal. No. 13
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on  Health  --  ordered  to  a  third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading

        AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing the
          city of Schenectady to impose fees for the issuance of birth and death
          certificates through local law
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  3 of section 4173 of the
     2  public health law, as amended by chapter 293 of the  laws  of  2019,  is
     3  added to read as follows:
     4    (b)  Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subdivision, in the follow-
     5  ing county jurisdictions the fee shall  be  set  by  the  county  health
     6  commissioner:  Chemung, Monroe, Onondaga, Tompkins; and in the following
     7  local jurisdictions the fee shall be set by the local legislative  body:
     8  city  of Oswego, city of Albany, city of Schenectady.  In such jurisdic-
     9  tions, the fee may be set up to the amount charged by  the  commissioner
    10  as  prescribed  in subdivision two of section forty-one hundred seventy-
    11  four of this title.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03571-02-0
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A00306 LFIN:

 NO LFIN
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