BILL NUMBER: AB 1587	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 13, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 6, 2012

   An act to add Section 103628.8 to the Health and Safety Code, and
to add Section 18968.7 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating
to vital records.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1587, as amended, Galgiani. Vital records: fees: San Joaquin
County.
   Existing law requires the collection of fees for certified copies
of fetal death or death records and marriage or birth certificates.
Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of a county that has
established a county children's trust fund to increase the fee for a
certified copy of a birth certificate for purposes of the fund.
   Additionally, existing law authorizes certain counties, upon
making certain findings and declarations, to authorize an increase in
fees for marriage licenses and confidential marriage licenses and
for certified copies of certain vital records, as specified. Existing
law requires the revenue from these increased fees to be allocated
for purposes relating to domestic violence prevention, intervention,
and prosecution.
   This bill would authorize the San Joaquin County Board of
Supervisors, upon making findings and declarations regarding the need
for governmental oversight and coordination of the multiple agencies
dealing with child abuse, to authorize an increase in the fees for
certified copies of marriage certificates, birth certificates, fetal
death records, and death records up to a maximum of $2 per record and
to annually adjust that amount for inflation. This bill would
require the fees to be allocated to the Children's Services
Coordinating Commission and to Court Appointed Special Advocates
(CASAs), as specified.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the County of San Joaquin.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 103628.8 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:
   103628.8.  (a)  (1)    The San Joaquin County
Board of Supervisors, upon making findings and declarations for the
need for governmental oversight and coordination of the multiple
agencies dealing with child abuse, 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) per record. The fees shall be allocated
pursuant to Section 18968.7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

   (b) 
    (2)  Effective July 1 of each year, the San Joaquin
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) 
 whole dollar  . The fees shall be allocated pursuant to
Section 18968.7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. 
   (c) 
    (b)  In addition to  the fees prescribed by
subdivisions (a) and (b), any   any other fees
prescribed by law, an  applicant for a certified copy of a birth
certificate, a fetal death record, or a death record in San Joaquin
County shall pay  an additional fee   the fees
specified in subdivision (a)  to the local registrar, county
recorder, or county clerk  ,   as applicable,  as
established by the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors.
  SEC. 2.  Section 18968.7 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   18968.7.  (a) The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors shall
direct the local registrar, county recorder, and county clerk to
deposit fees collected pursuant to Section 103628.8 of the Health and
Safety Code into a special fund. Proceeds from the fund shall be
allocated as follows:
   (1) One-half of the fees shall be allocated to the Children's
Services Coordinating Commission established by the board of
supervisors in compliance with Article 2 (commencing with Section
18982) of  chapter   Chapter  12.5.
   (2) One-half of the fees shall be allocated to Court Appointed
Special Advocates (CASA) of San Joaquin County, established in
accordance with Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 100) of Part 1 of
Division 2  of the Welfare and Institutions Code  ,
for the purposes of assisting foster children.
   (b) The county may retain up to 4 percent of the  special
 fund  proceeds  for administrative costs associated
with the collection and segregation of the additional fees and the
deposit of these fees into the special fund.
  SEC. 3.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique circumstances in San Joaquin County with
respect to child abuse.