BILL NUMBER: SB 799	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to amend Section 12195 of the Government Code, relating to
special filing fees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 799, as introduced, Simitian.   Special filing fees.
   Existing law provides for special fees for filing certain
documents with or issuing certification by the Secretary of State.
The special filing fee for issuing a certificate of official
character is $20.
   This bill would specify that the special filing fee for issuing a
certificate of official character for a document related to child
adoption is $5.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 12195 of the  Government Code  is amended to
read:
   12195.  (a) Special filing fees for joint powers agreements are
the following:(1) Filing a notice of a joint powers agreement: One
dollar ($1).
   (2) Filing an amendment of a joint powers agreement: One dollar
($1).
   (3) Filing an executed copy of each agreement, lease, or equipment
trust certificate for an agency that financed or refinanced transit
equipment or transferred federal income tax benefits with respect to
transit equipment pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 6518: One
dollar ($1).
   (b) Special filing fees for athlete agents are the following:
   (1) Filing an athlete agent disclosure statement: Thirty dollars
($30).
   (2) Filing an amendment to an athlete agent disclosure statement:
Twenty dollars ($20).
   (c) Special filing fees for a durable power of attorney for health
care are the following:
   (1) Filing a durable power of attorney for health care
registration: No fee.
   (2) Filing an amendment to a durable power of attorney for health
care: No fee.
   (d) The special filing fee for registering a claim as successor in
interest is ten dollars ($10).
   (e) The special filing fee for issuing a certificate of official
character is twenty dollars ($20)  except that the special filing
fee shall be five dollars ($5) when the certificate of official
character is issued for a document concerning child adoption  .