1999-053-ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SUBPARAGRAPH (f) OF SECTION 17-5 OF SAID CODE
ORDINANCE NO. 99-053
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING
SUBPARAGRAPH (f) OF SECTION 17-5 OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING FOR A FEE
INCREASE FOR WALLET-SIZED CERTIFICATION OF BIRTH; REMOVING
REFERENCE TO UNCERTIFIED COPIES OF BIRTH OR DEATH RECORDS;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF AUGUST 1, 1999.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS:
Section 1. That subparagraph (t) of Section 17-5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that such shall read as follows:
"Sec. 17-5. Registrar of vital statistics.
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"(t) The registrar of vital statistics is authorized and directed to furnish, upon
request, to any qualified applicant, a certified copy of a death certificate, recorded
as provided in this section, for which a fee of nine dollars ($9.00) will be charged
for the first or only copy requested, and three dollars ($3.00) for each additional
certified copy of the same record requested in the same request. The fee for a
certified copy of a birth record shall be nine dollars ($9.00), plus a two dollar
($2.00) surcharge, for a total of eleven dollars ($11.00). The fee for a wallet-sized
certification of birth shall be nine dollars ($9.00), plus a two dollar ($2.00)
surcharge, for a total of eleven dollars ($11.00). Such certified copy shall be
issued in only such form as approved by the state department of health, and receipts
shall be made by the registrar and issued to the applicant upon receipt of forms
furnished and provided by the City. When a search of birth or death records is
requested, a search fee of nine dollars ($9.00) will be charged for death certificates
and nine dollars ($9.00), pIus a two dollar ($2.00) surcharge, for a total of eleven
dollars ($11.00) for birth certificates. Ifthe birth or death record is found and a
copy purchased, then the search fee shall not be assessed.
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Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby expressly
repealed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective on August 1, 1999.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of July, 1 99.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Stephan e H. Harns, Asst. CIty Attorney
Charles H. Neeley, Mayor