Bill Text: NJ S600 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires DOH to authorize Jersey City to issue certified copies of birth certificates by September 1, 2017.*

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-02-06 - Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate [S600 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-S600-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 600

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  SANDRA B. CUNNINGHAM

District 31 (Hudson)

Senator  BRIAN P. STACK

District 33 (Hudson)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires DOH to authorize Jersey City to issue certified copies of birth certificates by September 1, 2017.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on October 20, 2016, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning the issuance of certified copies of birth certificates and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    The Commissioner of Health shall, no later than September 1, ¹[2015] 2017¹, authorize the ¹[Hudson County Office of Vital Statistics in]¹ Jersey City ¹Vital Statistics Office¹ to issue certified copies of birth certificates, upon request, to persons born in Jersey City who present all required documentation and pay any required fees for the certificate.

 

     2.    The Commissioner of Health shall, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt such rules and regulations as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.