California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2187

Introduced by Assembly Member Cooley

February 20, 2014

An act to amend Section 18966 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to children.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2187, as introduced, Cooley. County children’s trust funds.

Existing law requires that specified fees be paid by certain applicants for certified copies of birth certificates. Existing law provides that $4 of each fee be paid to either a county children’s trust fund or to the State Children’s Trust Fund, to fund child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention programs. Existing law requires a county treasurer to transmit moneys collected from birth certificate fees that are for the county children’s trust fund and that are collected with respect to the birth certificate of a child whose mother was a resident of another county at the time of the birth to the treasurer of the county of the mother’s residence at the time of the birth if the county to receive the funds, among other things, does not have a licensed health facility that provides maternity services within its jurisdiction.

This bill would delete the requirement that the county to receive the funds does not have a licensed health facility that provides maternity services within its jurisdiction.

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 18966 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code is amended to read:

18966.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert When a county board of supervisors designates a
commission pursuant to Section 18965, the board of supervisors
shall establish a county children’s trust fund. The children’s trust
fund shall consist of the fees for birth certificates, collected
pursuant to Section 103625 of the Health and Safety Code, grants,
gifts, or bequests from private sources to be used for child abuse
and neglect prevention and intervention programs, any funds
appropriated by local governmental entities to the trust fund, and
any funds appropriated to the county for the trust fund by the
Legislature. The local registrar or county recorder may, however,
retain a percentage, not to exceed 10 percent, of the surcharge
collectible pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 103625 of the
Health and Safety Code, in order to defray the costs of collection.

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begin insert (b) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert The end insert county treasurer shall transmit moneys collected from
birth certificate fees for the county children’s trust fund, pursuant
to subdivision (b) of Section 103625 of the Health and Safety
Code, collected with respect to the birth certificate of a child whose
mother was a resident of another county at the time of the birth to
the treasurer of the county of the mother’s residence at the time
of the birth if the county to receive the funds has established a
program pursuant to begin delete Article 5 (commencing with Section 18965)
of Chapter 11 of Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code and does not have a licensed health facility that provides
maternity services within its jurisdiction. end delete begin insert this article. end insert