BILL NUMBER: AB 1745	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 10, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ammiano

                        FEBRUARY 8, 2010

   An act to  repeal and add Section 103692  
amend Sect   ion 103680  of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to vital records.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1745, as amended, 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   that $3 be paid to the local
registrar of births and deaths by the applicant for the permit to be
used for the training of peace officer members of county coroners'
offices and for indigent burial  .
   This bill would allow the local registrar of births and deaths to
charge an additional fee of up to $8 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 103680 of the   Health
and Safety Code   is amended to read: 
   103680.  (a) Effective January 1, 1991, an additional fee of three
dollars ($3) for issuance of a permit for disposition of human
remains pursuant to Section 103675 shall be payable to the local
registrar of births and deaths by the applicant for the permit. This
amount 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 into the Peace Officers'
Training Fund, by the 10th of the month following the end of each
calendar quarter one dollar ($1) of the fee collected pursuant to
subdivision (a) for the training of peace officer members of county
coroners' offices. The remaining funds collected pursuant to
subdivision (a) shall be paid into the county treasury to be expended
for indigent burial. 
   (c) (1) In addition to the fee collected pursuant to subdivision
(a), the local registrar of a county may charge an applicant for a
permit for the disposition of human remains a fee in an amount not to
exceed eight dollars ($8) to be paid into the county treasury and to
be expended for the disposition of the remains of indigent residents
of that county.  
   (2) The fees collected pursuant to this subdivision shall be
exempt from adjustment pursuant to Section 100430.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 103692 of the Health and
Safety Code is repealed.  
  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 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.
   (b) In addition to the fee assessed pursuant to subdivision (a),
the local registrar of a county may charge an applicant for a permit
for the disposition of human remains a fee in an amount not to exceed
eight dollars ($8) to fund the disposition of the remains of
indigent residents of that county.
   (c) The fees imposed by this section shall be exempt from
adjustment pursuant to Section 100430.