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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Health and Safety Code - HSC |
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Division 102. VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS |
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Part 1. VITAL RECORDS |
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Chapter 15. Fees of State and Local Registrars |
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ARTICLE 2. Fee for Certified Copy or Search of Records |
Section 103628.6.
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(a) The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors, upon making findings and declarations for the need for governmental oversight and coordination of the multiple agencies dealing with domestic violence, may authorize an increase in the fees for certified copies of marriage certificates, birth certificates, fetal death records, and death records, up to a maximum increase of two dollars ($2). The fees shall be allocated pursuant to Section 18309.8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(b) Effective July 1 of each year, the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors may authorize an increase in these fees by an amount equal to the increase in the Consumer Price Index for the San Francisco metropolitan area for the preceding calendar year, rounded to the nearest one-half dollar ($0.50). The fees shall be allocated pursuant to Section 18309.8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(c) In addition to the fees prescribed by subdivisions (a) and (b), any applicant for a certified copy of a birth certificate, a fetal death record, or death record in Stanislaus County shall pay an additional fee to the local registrar, county recorder, or county clerk as established by the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors.
(d) The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors shall submit to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Judiciary, no later than July 1, 2014, a report containing the following information:
(1) The annual amounts of funds received and expended from fee increases for the purpose of governmental oversight and coordination of domestic violence prevention, intervention, and prosecution efforts in the county.
(2) Outcomes achieved as a result of the activities associated with the implementation of this section.
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends that date.