SB 6745-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

     Requires the department and all local registrars in cities and counties to charge a surcharge of one dollar for each fee imposed for certified copies of records and for copies or information provided for research, statistical, or administrative purposes, or for a search of the files or records when no copy is made.

     Provides that all the revenue generated through this surcharge must be transmitted to the state treasurer on or before the first day of January, April, July, and October.  The state treasurer must distribute these funds to the department of health's center for health statistics, for the sole purpose of implementing a web-based electronic death certificate registration system.  The surcharge imposed under this provision expires July 1, 2006.

     Requires that the web-based electronic death certificate registration system must include a function that automatically provides county auditors and the secretary of state with the death certificate information in order to allow those entities to update their voter registration records.