2016 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 106
BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:39.1(B)(1) and 46(C), relative to vital records; to provide for
3 the purchase of the short-form birth certificate; to provide for an effective date; and
4 to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:39.1(B)(1) and 46(C) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
7 as follows:
8 §39.1. Certified copies of birth certificates and death certificates; clerks of district
9 courts and the Second City Court of the city of New Orleans; Vital
10 Records Conversion Fund
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12 B.(1) The clerk of district court in each parish and the clerk of the Second
13 City Court of the city of New Orleans may issue certified copies of short-form birth
14 certificate cards and long-form birth certificates and death certificates in accordance
15 with rules promulgated pursuant to Subsection A of this Section. In addition to fees
16 collected for issuance of a birth record or death certificate as provided in R.S. 40:40,
17 the clerk of court shall collect a fee of five dollars for a short-form birth certificate
18 and nine dollars for a long-form birth certificate or a death certificate. A short-form
19 birth certificate card may be purchased only by an individual who also
20 purchases a long-form birth certificate in the same transaction.
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22 §46. New certificate of birth when judgment of filiation is obtained
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1 C. The new certificate of birth shall be signed by the child's father prior to its
2 recordation in the vital records registry and only after such signing and recordation
3 may certified copies or short-form birth certification cards be issued as in the case
4 of all other birth records. A short-form birth certificate card may be purchased
5 only by an individual who also purchases a long-form birth certificate in the
6 same transaction.
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8 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
9 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
10 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
11 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
12 effective on the day following such approval.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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