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An
act to add Section 103265 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to
vital statistics.
[Approved
by Governor September 4, 2003. Filed with Secretary of State September
5, 2003.]
LEGISLATIVE
COUNSEL’S DIGEST
AB
540, Bogh. Death certificates: peace officers.
Existing
law requires the Director of Health Services, as the State Registrar of
Vital Statistics, to administer the registration of births, deaths,
fetal deaths, and marriages, and provides that the State Registrar of
Vital Statistics has supervisory power over local registrars. Existing
law contains procedures for the amendment of death certificates by the
State Registrar and local registrars.
This
bill would require an amended certificate of death of a peace officer
who was killed in the line of duty to be processed immediately upon
acceptance for filing and to be issued by the State Registrar or local
registrar no later than 10 business days following acceptance for
filing.
By
requiring a higher level of service of local registrars, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
The
California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies
and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory
provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement, including
the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund to pay the costs of
mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide and other procedures
for claims whose statewide costs exceed $1,000,000.
This
bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines
that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for
those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
The
people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION
1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Riverside County
Deputies Jenkins and Lee Act.
SEC.
2. Section 103265 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
103265.
An amended certificate of death of an individual who is a peace officer
pursuant to Section 830 of the Penal Code, who was killed in the line of
duty, shall be processed immediately upon acceptance for filing and
shall be issued by the State Registrar or local registrar no later than
10 business days following acceptance for filing.
SEC.
3. Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if the
Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs
mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school
districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing
with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. If
the statewide cost of the claim for reimbursement does not exceed one
million dollars ($1,000,000), reimbursement shall be made from the State
Mandates Claims Fund.
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