Florida Senate - 2013 CS for SB 462
By the Committee on Health Policy; and Senator Thompson
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to death certificates; amending s.
3 382.008, F.S.; requiring the State Registrar to
4 electronically transfer a data file of permanent death
5 certificates to the Florida Association of Court
6 Clerks and Comptrollers, Inc.; requiring the
7 association to submit that data file to the clerk of
8 the circuit court, or local recording entity, for each
9 county; requiring the clerk of the circuit court, or
10 local recording entity, to record the permanent death
11 certificate for each death that occurred within its
12 respective county; requiring the clerk of the circuit
13 court, or local recording entity, to waive associated
14 fees; providing an effective date.
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16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18 Section 1. Subsection (7) is added to section 382.008,
19 Florida Statutes, to read:
20 382.008 Death and fetal death registration.—
21 (7) The State Registrar shall electronically submit twice
22 each month to the Florida Association of Court Clerks and
23 Comptrollers, Inc., a data file of each permanent certificate of
24 death or fetal death that is filed in each county, excluding any
25 information that is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1).
26 The Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers, Inc.,
27 shall electronically submit the data file to the clerk of the
28 circuit court, or the local entity that records documents in the
29 public record, for each county. The clerk of the circuit court,
30 or the local recording entity, shall record the permanent death
31 certificate for each death that occurred within its respective
32 county. The clerk of the circuit court shall waive all fees and
33 service charges associated with recording any permanent death
34 certificates mandated by this paragraph.
35 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.