BILL NUMBER: AB 1745	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ammiano

                        FEBRUARY 8, 2010

   An act to repeal and add Section 103692 of the Health and Safety
Code, relating to vital records.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1745, as introduced, Ammiano. Vital records: fees: disposition
of human remains.
   Under existing law, the local registrar of births and deaths is
required to collect various fees for an application for the
disposition of human remains. Existing law requires, as part of those
fees, after January 1, 2005, $4 to be paid to the State Registrar to
implement and maintain the electronic death registration system, as
specified.
   This bill would allow the local registrar of births and deaths to
charge an additional fee of up to $8, the first $5 of which would be
required to be used to fund the disposition of the remains of
indigent residents of the county.
   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 103692 of the Health and Safety Code is
repealed. 
   103692.  (a)  (1)  Commencing January 1, 2003, in addition to the
fees prescribed by Section 103065 and by Sections 103675 to 103685,
inclusive, an applicant for a permit for the disposition of human
remains shall pay a fee of six dollars ($6) to the local registrar of
births and deaths.
   (2)  The fee imposed by paragraph (1) shall remain in effect until
January 1, 2005, and as of that date, shall be reduced to four
dollars ($4).
   (3)  The fee established by this subdivision shall be exempt from
any adjustment made pursuant to Section 100430.
   (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the local
registrar of births and deaths shall pay to the State Registrar,
pursuant to Section 103690, the fees collected pursuant to
subdivision (a).
   (c)  Funds collected pursuant to subdivision (a), upon
appropriation by the Legislature, shall be used by the State
Registrar to implement and maintain the electronic death registration
system required by Section 102778. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 103692 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   103692.  (a) In addition to the fees prescribed by Section 103065
and by Sections 103675 to 103685, inclusive, an applicant for a
permit for the disposition of human remains shall pay both of the
following:
   (1) A fee of four dollars ($4), to be paid to the local registrar
of births and deaths who shall transfer the moneys to the State
Registrar for use, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to
implement and maintain the electronic death registration system
required by Section 102778.
   (2) A fee of up to eight dollars ($8), to be paid to the local
registrar and used as follows:
   (A) The first up to five dollars ($5), if charged, shall be used
to fund the disposition of the remains of indigent residents of that
county.
   (B) Fee amounts over five dollars ($5), if charged, may be used by
the local registrar for the administration of his or her statutory
duties relating to the disposition of human remains, including, but
not limited to, administration or the disposal of the remains of
indigent residents.
   (b) The fees imposed by this section shall be exempt from
adjustment pursuant to Section 100430.