92-041 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 17-5 OF SAID CODE CITY CLERK IS REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR COP

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ORDINANCE N0. 92-041 AN ORDINANCE OF' THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORllINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 17-5 OF SAID CODE; PKOVIDING THAT THE CITY CLERK IS THE REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE CITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES UR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 14, 1992. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section 1. That Section 17-5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so that such shall read as follows: "Sec. 17-5 Registrar ot vital statistics. (a) The City Clerk shall be the local registrar of vital statistics for the City. Each local registrar shall appoint a deputy registrar so that a registrar will be available at all times for the registration of births and deaths. (b) The local registrar of vital statistics shall perform the duties of that office as provided for by city ordinance, state law and by such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the state board of health as provided by law. (c) The clerk ur such other competent employee as the city clerk may designate, shall perform the clerical work required of the local registrar of vital statistics. The clerk or other employee performing such duties shall be a notary public for the purpose of acknowledgment of signatures, certification of documents and the administration of oaths necessary in the performance of official duties. (d) The local registrar of vital statistics shall be supplied with permanent record books, in a form approved by the state registrar, tor recording all births, deaths, and stillbirths occurring within the City. She shall make a camplete and accurate copy of each birth, death and stillbirth certificate registered by her or the deputy registrar, in a record book referred to above, which shall be preserved permanently in her office as the official recorcf of the city, in such manner as directed by the state registrar. (e) No fee shall be paid to the local registrar of vital statistics for registering and recording certificates of birth, death and stillbirth. (f) The local 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 thi.s 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 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). Additional copies sha.ll be nine dollars ($9.00) for each copy requested. Such a certified copy shall be issued in only such form as approved by the