| Passed by the Senate April 26, 2003 YEAS 44 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 24, 2003 YEAS 77 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5545 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 04/03/03.
AN ACT Relating to fees for certified copies of vital records; and amending RCW 70.58.107.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 70.58.107 and 1997 c 223 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
The department of health shall charge a fee of ((thirteen))
seventeen dollars for certified copies of records and for copies or
information provided for research, statistical, or administrative
purposes, and eight dollars for a search of the files or records when
no copy is made. The department shall prescribe by regulation fees to
be paid for preparing sealed files and for opening sealed files.
No fee may be demanded or required for furnishing certified copies
of a birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce, annulment, or legal
separation record for use in connection with a claim for compensation
or pension pending before the veterans administration.
The department shall keep a true and correct account of all fees
received and turn the fees over to the state treasurer on a weekly
basis.
Local registrars shall charge the same fees as the state as
hereinabove provided and as prescribed by department regulation((,
except that local registrars shall charge thirteen dollars for the
first copy of a death certificate and eight dollars for each additional
copy of the same death certificate when the additional copies are
ordered at the same time as the first copy)) except in cases where
payment is made by credit card, charge card, debit card, smart card,
stored value card, federal wire, automatic clearinghouse system, or
other electronic communication. Payment by these electronic methods
may be subject to an additional fee consistent with the requirements
established by RCW 36.29.190. All such fees collected, except for
((five)) seven dollars of each fee collected for the issuance of ((a
certified copy)) birth certificates and first copies of death
certificates and fourteen dollars of each fee collected for additional
copies of the same death certificate ordered at the same time as the
first copy, shall be paid to the jurisdictional health department.
All local registrars in cities and counties shall keep a true and
correct account of all fees received under this section for the
issuance of certified copies and shall turn ((five)) seven dollars of
the fees collected for birth certificates and first copies of death
certificates and fourteen dollars of the fee collected for additional
copies of death certificates over to the state treasurer on or before
the first day of January, April, July, and October. All but five
dollars of the fees turned over to the state treasurer by local
registrars shall be paid to the department of health for the purpose of
developing and maintaining the state vital records systems, including
a web-based electronic death registration system.
Five dollars of each fee imposed for the issuance of certified
copies, except for copies suitable for display issued under RCW
70.58.085, at both the state and local levels shall be held by the
state treasurer in the death investigations' account established by RCW
43.79.445.