75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 795
 
                         House Bill 2244
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for State Mortuary and Cemetery Board)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Increases death certificate fees.
  Applies to death certificates issued on or after January 1,
2010.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to certificates of death; creating new provisions; and
  amending ORS 432.312.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 432.312 is amended to read:
  432.312. (1) The Department of Human Services shall impose and
collect a filing fee of   { - $7 - }  { +  $20 + } for each
certificate of death. Of the fee,   { - $2 - }  { +  $6 + } shall
be deposited to the credit of the Public Health Account and used
to carry out the purposes of ORS 97.170 (5) and   { - $5 - }
 { +  $14 + } shall be deposited to the credit of the State
Mortuary and Cemetery Board Account and used in the same manner
as funds credited to the account under ORS 692.375.
  (2) The expenditures under ORS 97.170 (5) and 692.375 shall not
exceed the funds collected under subsection (1) of this section,
and in no event shall expenditure on the administration of the
funds exceed five percent of the moneys collected.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 432.312 by section 1 of
this 2009 Act apply to death certificates issued on or after
January 1, 2010. + }
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