RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

HB1103

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1103

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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Section 338-14.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:

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�338-14.5
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Copies of certificate; fees.
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The fees for certified copies of birth, marriage,
divorce, or death certificates issued by the department of health shall consist
of $10 for the first copy issued and $4 for each copy issued thereafter.
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These fees shall be collected for each single
request for certified copies.
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All fees received
for the issuance of certified copies of birth, marriage, divorce, or death certificates
shall be remitted to the director of health.
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Upon the receipt of remittances under this section, the director of health
shall deposit:

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(1)
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$1 for each certified copy to the credit
of the spouse and child abuse special fund established under section 346-7.5;

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(2)
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$1
for each certified copy to the credit of the spouse and child abuse special account
established under section 601-3.6;

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(3)
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$1

for

each certified copy to the credit of the domestic violence and sexual assault special
fund established under section 321-1.3;
and

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(4)
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[
$1
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The remainder of the fee
for each certified
copy
to the credit of the vital
statistics improvement special fund established under section 338-14.6[
; and

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(5)
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The
remainder of the fee for each certified copy to the credit of the state general
fund
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SECTION
2.
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Section 338-14.6, Hawaii
Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

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"(c)
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The fund shall consist of fees remitted pursuant to section 338-14.5[
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and section 572-5.
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All realizations
of the fund shall be subject to the conditions specified in subsection (b)."

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SECTION
3.
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Section 572-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
is
amended
by amending subsections (a)
and (b) to read as follows:

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(a)
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The department of health shall appoint, and at
its pleasure remove, one or more suitable persons as agents authorized to grant
marriage licenses under this chapter in each judicial circuit.
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The agents may issue licenses from any state facility
when deemed necessary by the director.
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Any
agent appointed under this subsection and receiving an application for a marriage
license shall collect from the applicant for the license $60, of which the agent,
except those provided for in subsection (b), shall retain $9 for the agent's benefit
and compensation and shall remit $51 to the director of health.

Upon the receipt
of remittances under this subsection, the director of health shall deposit:

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(1)
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$32 for each license issued to the credit
of the general fund of the State;

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(2)
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$4.50 for each license issued to the credit
of the spouse and child abuse special fund established under section 346-7.5;

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(3)
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$4.50 for each license issued to the credit
of the spouse and child abuse special account established under section 601-3.6;
and

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(4)
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$10 for each license issued to the credit
of the [
birth defects special fund established under section 321-426.
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vital
statistics improvement special fund established under section 338-14.6.

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(b)
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The department may appoint, as regular employees
under the civil service and classification laws, the number of suitable persons
as agents authorized to grant marriage licenses for whom provision has been made
in the general appropriation act.
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In the
case of these agents, the full amount collected from applicants shall be remitted
to the director of health. Upon the receipt of remittances under this subsection,
the director of health shall deposit:

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(1)
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$41 for each license issued to the credit
of the general fund of the State;

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(2)
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$4.50 for each license issued to the credit
of the spouse and child abuse special fund established under section 346-7.5;

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(3)
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$4.50 for each license issued to the credit
of the spouse and child abuse special account established under section 601-3.6;
and

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(4)
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$10 for each license issued to the credit
of the [
birth defects special fund established under section 321-426.
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vital
statistics improvement special fund established under section 338-14.6.
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SECTION
4.
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Section 321-426, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
is repealed.

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[�321-426]
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Birth defects special fund.
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There is established within the state treasury
the birth defects special fund to be administered and expended by the department
of health, into which shall be deposited fees remitted pursuant to section 572-5.
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Moneys in the special fund shall be used for the
payment of the operating expenses of the birth defects program.
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SECTION
5.
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Any unencumbered and unexpended balance
existing as of the effective date of this Act in the birth defects special fund
established under section 321-426, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be deposited into
the vital statistics improvement special fund, established under section 338-14.6,
Hawaii Revised Statutes.

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SECTION
6.
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There is appropriated out of the vital
statistics improvement special fund the sum of $__________ or so much thereof as
may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 for the operations of the vital statistics
program, including the operations of the marriage license office of the department
of health.

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The
sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes
of this Act.

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SECTION
7.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed
and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION
8.
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This Act, upon its approval, shall take
effect on July 1, 2025.

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST

Report Title:

Department of Health; Fees; Vital Statistics Improvement Special
Fund; Birth Defects Special Fund; Repeal

Description:

Repeals the birth defects special fund and deposits a portion
of fees for certified copies and marriage licenses into the vital statistics improvement
special fund.

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