CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 6337

Chapter 53, Laws of 2004

58th Legislature
2004 Regular Session



BIRTH CERTIFICATES--FEE



EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/10/04

Passed by the Senate February 16, 2004
  YEAS 49   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 5, 2004
  YEAS 94   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6337 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

MILTON H. DOUMIT JR.
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Secretary
Approved March 22, 2004.








GARY F. LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington		 
FILED
March 22, 2004 - 4:39 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 6337
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Passed Legislature - 2004 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2004 Regular Session

By Senators Regala, Parlette, Winsley, Stevens, Hargrove, Oke and Kohl-Welles; by request of Washington Council for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

Read first time 01/19/2004.   Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services & Corrections.



     AN ACT Relating to the fee for birth certificates suitable for display; and amending RCW 70.58.085.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 70.58.085 and 1987 c 351 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) In addition to the original birth certificate, the state registrar shall issue upon request and upon payment of ((a fee of twenty-five dollars)) the fee established pursuant to subsection (3) of this section a birth certificate representing that the birth of the person named thereon is recorded in the office of the registrar. The certificate issued under this section shall be in a form consistent with the need to protect the integrity of vital records but shall be suitable for display. It may bear the seal of the state printed thereon and may be signed by the governor. It shall have the same status as evidence as the original birth certificate.
     (2) Of the funds received under subsection (1) of this section, the amount needed to reimburse the registrar for expenses incurred in administering this section shall be credited to the state registrar account. The remainder shall be credited to the children's trust fund established under RCW 43.121.100.
     (3) The fee shall be set by the council established pursuant to RCW 43.121.020, at a level likely to maximize revenues for the children's trust fund.


         Passed by the Senate February 16, 2004.
         Passed by the House March 5, 2004.
         Approved by the Governor March 22, 2004.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 22, 2004.