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AB-2561 Vital records: local registrar: copy of records.(2017-2018)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 102335 of the Health and Safety Code is repealed.

102335.
 Each local registrar of births and deaths shall transmit a copy of each original birth certificate and death certificate to the county recorder for the special county record, and shall, at the same time, forward the original certificates to the State Registrar pursuant to Section 102345.

SEC. 2.

 Section 102335 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

102335.
 Each local registrar of births and deaths shall transmit a copy of each original birth certificate and death certificate to the county recorder for the special county record, and shall, at the same time, forward the original certificates to the State Registrar pursuant to Section 102345.

SEC. 3.

 Section 102340 of the Health and Safety Code is repealed.

SEC. 4.

 Section 102365 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

102365.
 (a)  Notwithstanding any other law, a local registrar of births and deaths, after two years from the date of registration and with the approval of, and under the supervision of, the State Registrar, shall dispose of the local registrar’s copies of the records, if both of the following exist:
(1) (a)   The original copies of the records are on file in the office of the State Registrar.
(2) (b)   Copies of the records are on file in the office of the county recorder. If the county recorder does not have copies of the records, the county recorder he or she  may accept the State Registrar’s copies as a special county record of the events.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a local health jurisdiction that exclusively serves cities may issue a record older than two years if the record issued is the most accurate record on file with the State of California.

SEC. 5.

 Section 103245 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

103245.
 If the amendment is accepted, the State Registrar shall transmit copies of the amendment to the county recorder in whose offices copies of the original record and information are on file. The State Registrar shall also transmit copies of the amendment to that county’s local registrar only if the amendment is made within two years of the registration of the original record.
SEC. 6.
 If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.