Bill Text: NJ S1752 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires issuance of one free copy of a veteran's death certificate to certain authorized persons upon request.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-12-01 - Substituted by A2184 (1R) [S1752 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S1752-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1752

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED MARCH 17, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  DIANE B. ALLEN

District 7 (Burlington)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires issuance of one free copy of a veteran's death certificate to certain authorized persons upon request.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 18, 2014, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning veteran death certificates and amending R.S.26:8-63.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    R.S.26:8-63 is amended to read as follows:

     26:8-63.  The State registrar shall:

     a.     Furnish a certification or certified copy of a birth, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership, fetal death or death certificate without fee in the prosecution of any claim for public pension or for military or naval enlistment purposes; and

     b.    Furnish the United States Public Health Service without expense to the State, microfilm or photocopy images of birth, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership, fetal death and death certificates without payment of the fees prescribed in this article; and

     c.     Furnish a certified transcript of any entry in the records of the New Jersey State census without fee for certification in the prosecution of any claim for public pension, for military or naval enlistment purposes; and

     d.    Furnish without fee upon request for administrative use by any city, State or federal agency a certified transcript of any New Jersey State census entry, or a certification or certified copy of a birth, death, fetal death, marriage, civil union or domestic partnership certificate; and

     e.     Furnish without fee upon request a certified copy of a veteran's death certificate to the veteran's legal representative, the executor or administrator of the veteran's estate, or to a family member authorized to obtain a copy of the death certificate pursuant to subsection a. of R.S.26:8-62.  No more than one copy of a veteran's death certificate may be provided without fee pursuant to this ¹[section] subsection¹; all other copies of the death certificate shall be subject to the statutory fee.

     ¹As used in this subsection, "fee" includes, but is not limited to, any search, certification, processing, authentication, standard shipping, or other fees that would ordinarily be assessed to furnish a certified copy of a death certificate.¹

(cf: P.L.2006, c.103, s.58)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.