HLS 16RS-655 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 134
BY REPRESENTATIVE BAGLEY
CLERKS OF COURT: Authorizes the clerk of court for DeSoto Parish to charge an
additional fee for issuing birth and death certificates
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 40:39.1(B)(6) and to repeal R.S. 40:39.1(D), relative to certified copies of
3 vital records; to authorize the levy of an additional fee by certain clerks of court for
4 the issuance of such records; to repeal the requirement that the state registrar
5 promulgate rules relative to prior Acts of the legislature; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 40:39.1(B)(6) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง39.1. Certified copies of birth certificates and death certificates; clerks of district
10 courts and the Second City Court of the city of New Orleans; Vital Records
11 Conversion Fund
12 * * *
13 B.
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15 (6) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in addition
16 to fees collected for issuance of a birth record or death certificate as provided in R.S.
17 40:40 and Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the clerk of the district court in DeSoto
18 Parish may charge an additional ten-dollar fee for issuance of certified copies of birth
19 certificates and death certificates.
20 * * *
21 Section 2. R.S. 40:39.1(D) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
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HB NO. 134
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 134 Original 2016 Regular Session Bagley
Abstract: Authorizes the clerk of the district court in DeSoto Parish to levy an additional
$10 fee for the production of birth and death certificates in addition to all other fees
required pursuant to present law for the production of such documents.
Present law (R.S. 40:39.1) authorizes clerks of district courts to issue birth and death
certificates through the state vital records registry. Allows each clerk to levy a $5 fee for a
short-form birth certificate and a $9 fee for a long-form birth certificate or a death certificate,
in addition to other fees levied by the state registrar for such documents pursuant to present
law (R.S. 40:40). Proposed law retains present law.
Proposed law further authorizes the clerk of district court for the parish of DeSoto to charge
an additional $10 fee for issuing certified copies of birth and death certificates pursuant to
present law.
Present law (R.S. 40:39.1(D)) requires the state registrar of vital records to promulgate rules
by Jan. 1, 2015, relative to present law. Proposed law repeals present law.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Adds R.S. 40:39.1(B)(6); Repeals R.S. 40:39.1(D))
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