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1994 SESSION
LD0544661Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 32.1-273 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 32.1-273. Fees for certified copies, searches of files, etc.; disposition.
A. The Board shall prescribe the fee, not to exceed five
eight dollars, for a certified copy of a vital record or for a
search of the files or records when no copy is made and may establish a
reasonable fee schedule related to its cost for information or other data
provided for research, statistical or administrative purposes. Whenever any
veteran or his survivor requires a certified copy of a vital record to obtain
service-connected benefits, one copy of such record shall be provided
directly to the Veterans Administration upon their request. No charge shall
be imposed upon a veteran or his survivor for the submission of vital records
directly to the Veterans Administration.
B. Fees collected under this section by the State Registrar shall be
transmitted to the Comptroller for deposit. Two dollars of each fee collected
by the State Registrar shall be deposited by the Comptroller into the Vital
Statistics Automation Fund established pursuant to § 32.1-273.1 for so long
as shall be authorized. Three dollars of each fee shall be credited to a
special fund to be appropriated by the General Assembly, as it deems
necessary, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this
chapter. The remainder shall be deposited into the general fund of the
state treasury. When the Vital Statistics Automation System is completed, no
further deposits into the fundsuch Fund shall be made
and all fees the two dollars collected under this
section for the Fund shall be deposited into the general fund of
the state treasury.
C. Fees collected under this section by county and city registrars shall be deposited in the general fund of the county or city except that counties or cities operating health departments pursuant to the provisions of § 32.1-31 shall forward all such fees to the Department for deposit in the cooperative local health services fund.
D. Fees assessed against local departments of social services or public welfare for furnished copies of vital records as needed to administer public assistance programs, as defined in § 63.1-87, shall be payable on a quarterly basis.