36-341. Fees received by state and local
registrars
A. The state registrar shall establish by rule the fees, if any, to be charged for
searches, copies of registered certificates, certified copies of registered certificates,
amending registered certificates and correcting certificates that are processed by the
department. A local registrar may establish the local registrar's own fees to be charged
for searches, copies of registered certificates, certified copies of registered
certificates, amending registered certificates and correcting certificates as determined
necessary by the local entity.
B. In addition to fees collected pursuant to subsection A of this section, the
state registrar shall assess an additional one dollar surcharge on fees for all certified
copies of registered birth certificates. The state registrar shall deposit, pursuant to
sections 35-146 and 35-147, all monies received from the surcharge in the confidential
intermediary and fiduciary fund established by section 8-135.
C. The state registrar shall keep a true and accurate account of all fees collected
by the state registrar under this chapter and shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146
and 35-147, forty per cent of these monies in the vital records electronic systems fund
established by section 36-341.01 and the remaining sixty per cent in the state general
fund.
D. A local registrar shall keep a true and accurate account of all fees collected
by the local registrar under this chapter and shall deposit them with the county
treasurer to be credited to a special registration and statistical revenue account of the
health department fund.
E. In addition to fees collected pursuant to subsection A of this section, the
department shall assess an additional one dollar surcharge on fees for all certified
copies of registered death certificates. The department shall deposit, pursuant to
sections 35-146 and 35-147, monies received from the surcharge in the child fatality
review fund established by section 36-3504.
F. The state and local registrars may exempt an agency as defined in section
41-1001 from any fee required by this section, section 8-135 or section 36-3504.
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