Bill Text: IA HF2318 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the transmission and recording of certain death certificates and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2067)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-19 - Subcommittee, Danielson, Feenstra, and Jochum. S.J. 603. [HF2318 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2318-Amended.html
House
File
2318
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Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
2318
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2067)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
15,
2012
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
transmission
and
recording
of
certain
1
death
certificates
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
HF
2318
(3)
84
aw/sc
H.F.
2318
Section
1.
Section
144.26,
subsection
3,
Code
Supplement
1
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
a.
The
county
in
which
a
dead
body
is
found
is
the
3
county
of
death.
If
death
occurs
in
a
moving
conveyance,
4
the
county
in
which
the
dead
body
is
first
removed
from
the
5
conveyance
is
the
county
of
death.
6
b.
If
a
decedent
died
outside
of
the
county
of
the
7
decedent’s
residence,
the
state
registrar
shall
send
a
copy
8
of
the
decedent’s
death
certificate
and
any
amendments
to
the
9
county
registrar
of
the
county
of
the
decedent’s
residence.
10
The
county
registrar
shall
record
a
death
certificate
received
11
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
in
the
same
records
in
which
the
12
death
certificate
of
a
decedent
who
died
within
the
county
13
is
recorded.
The
state
registrar
may
provide
the
county
14
registrars
with
electronic
access
to
vital
records
in
lieu
of
15
the
requirements
of
this
paragraph.
16
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
17
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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HF
2318
(3)
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