BILL NUMBER: AB 1684	CHAPTERED  09/27/08

	CHAPTER  433
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 27, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 27, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 2, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 7, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 10, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 28, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 19, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 23, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Emmerson

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to amend Section 103526.5 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to vital records.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1684, Emmerson. Vital records.
   Existing law requires certified copies of birth and death records
to include specified security features, including security paper
that, commencing January 1, 2009, contains a statement that the
document is informational and not a valid document to establish
identity.
   This bill would delete the statement requirement.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 103526.5 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   103526.5.  (a) Each certified copy of a birth or death record
issued pursuant to Section 103525 shall include the date issued, the
name of the issuing officer, the signature of the issuing officer,
whether that is the State Registrar, local registrar, county
recorder, or county clerk, or an authorized facsimile thereof, and
the seal of the issuing office.
   (b) All certified copies of birth and death records issued
pursuant to Section 103525 shall be printed on chemically sensitized
security paper that measures 81/2 by 11 inches and that has the
following features:
   (A) Intaglio print.
   (B) Latent image.
   (C) Fluorescent, consecutive numbering with matching barcode.
   (D) Microprint line.
   (E) Prismatic printing.
   (F) Watermark.
   (G) Void pantograph.
   (H) Fluorescent security threads.
   (I) Fluorescent fibers.
   (J) Any other security features deemed necessary by the State
Registrar.
   (c) The State Registrar, local registrars, county recorders, and
county clerks shall take precautions to ensure that uniform and
consistent standards are used statewide to safeguard the security
paper described in subdivision (b), including, but not limited to,
the following measures:
   (1) Security paper shall be maintained under secure conditions so
as not to be accessible to the public.
   (2) A log shall be kept of all visitors allowed in the area where
security paper is stored.
   (3) All spoilage shall be accounted for and subsequently destroyed
by shredding on the premises.