95-033 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SUBPARAGRAPHS (f) AND (g) OF SECTION 17-5 OF SAID CODE
ORDINANCE NO. 95-033
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING
SUBPARAGRAPHS (t) AND (g) OF SECTION 17-5 OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING FOR
AN ADDITIONAL $2.00 SURCHARGE FOR ISSUING CERTIr'IED COPIES OF BIRTH
RECORDS AND PROVIDING FOR REMITTANCE OF A PORTION OF THAT
SURCHARGE TO THE COMPTROLLER FOR DEPOSIT IN THE WORK AND FAMILY
FOLICIES FIJND; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF
SEPTEMBER 1, 1995.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS:
Section 1. That subparagraphs ( fl and (g) of Section 17-5 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same are hereby, amended so that such shall read
as follows:
"Sec. 17-5. Registrar of vital statistics.
°(fl 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 five dollars ($5.00), plus a two dollar
($2.00) surcharge, for a total of seven dollars ($7.00). The fee for an uncertified
copy of birth or death records shall be five dollars ($5.00). 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), plus a two dollar ($2.00)
surcharge, for a total of eleven dollars ($11.00) for birth certificates. If the birth
or death record is found and a copy purchased, then the search fee shall not be
assessed.
"(g) The registrar of vital statistics, upon collection of a surcharge for a
certified copy of a birth certificate, a wallet-sized certification of birth, or a
search for a birth certificate, shall remit one dollar and eighty cents ($1.80) of
that surcharge to the comptroller for deposit in the work and family policies fund.
.
Sechon 2. All ardinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
expressly repealed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective on September 1, 1995.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14th day of August,
Eric S. if ord, Mayor