BILL NUMBER: AB 1770	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2010

   An act to add Section 103626.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to vital records.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1770, as introduced, Galgiani. Vital records: fees: Stanislaus
County.
   Existing law requires the collection of fees for issuing marriage
licenses and for providing certified copies of vital records,
including marriage certificates, birth certificates, fetal death
records, and death records. Existing law provides for the
establishment of county domestic violence program special funds for
the purpose of funding local domestic violence programs. Certain fees
payable at the time a marriage license or a certified copy of any of
the above vital records is issued may be collected by the county
clerks for deposit into these funds.
   This bill would, in addition, authorize the Stanislaus County
Board of Supervisors, upon making findings and declarations regarding
the need for governmental oversight and coordination of the multiple
agencies dealing with matters under the jurisdiction of the
Stanislaus County Family Justice Center, 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. It
would require the board of supervisors to allocate those funds for
administration of the center.
   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 103626.5 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:
   103626.5.  (a) In addition to all fees otherwise authorized by
law, the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors, upon making findings
and declarations regarding the need for governmental oversight and
coordination of the multiple agencies dealing with matters under the
jurisdiction of the Stanislaus County Family Justice Center, 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 of two dollars ($2) per record.
   (b) The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors may authorize an
increase in the fees authorized pursuant to subdivision (a),
effective July 1 of each year, 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).
   (c) The fees authorized by the board pursuant to this section
shall be allocated to the Stanislaus County Family Justice Center to
fund operations of the center, including, but not limited to,
oversight and coordination of the multiple agencies dealing with
matters under the jurisdiction of the center.