00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 167                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to providing a death certificate for a deceased veteran without cost."                                 
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 18.50.320 is amended to read:                                                                     
04            Sec. 18.50.320.  Copies of data from vital records.  Except as otherwise                                   
05       provided and in accordance with the regulations adopted under AS 18.50.310,                                       
06                 (1)  the bureau and the custodian of permanent local records shall, upon                                
07       request, issue a certified copy of a certificate or record in their custody, or a part of it;                     
08       each copy issued must show the date of registration or recording, and copies issued                               
09       from records marked "delayed," "amended," or "court order" shall be similarly marked                              
10       and must show the effective date;                                                                                 
11                 (2)  a certified copy of a certificate or a part of it issued in accordance                             
12       with (1) of this section is considered the original for all purposes and is prima facie                           
13       evidence of the facts stated; however, [PROVIDED THAT] the evidentiary value of a                             
14       certificate or record filed more than one year after the event, or a record that has been                         
15       amended, or a presumptive death certificate, shall be determined by the judicial or                               

01       administrative body or official before whom the certificate is offered as evidence;                               
02                 (3)  the National Office of Vital Statistics may be furnished the copies                                
03       or data it requires for national statistics if the bureau is reimbursed for the cost of                           
04       furnishing the data; the National Office of Vital Statistics may not use the data for                             
05       purposes other than statistical purposes unless authorized by the state registrar;                                
06                 (4)  federal, state, local, and other public or private agencies, upon                                  
07       request, may be furnished copies or data for statistical purposes on the terms or                                 
08       conditions prescribed by the bureau;                                                                              
09                 (5)  a person or agency may not prepare or issue a certificate or part of                               
10       a certificate that purports to be an original, certified copy, or copy of a certificate of                        
11       birth, death, fetal death, or marriage, except as authorized in this chapter or the                               
12       regulations adopted under it;                                                                                     
13                 (6)  upon request, the bureau shall furnish a copy of a certificate or                                  
14       record registered by the bureau to the child support services agency created in                                   
15       AS 25.27.010, or the child support enforcement agency of another state, for child                                 
16       support purposes authorized under law; such a certificate or record that is prepared or                           
17       maintained in an electronic data base may be supplied by providing the requesting                                 
18       agency with a copy of the electronic certificate or record and a statement certifying its                         
19       contents;                                                                                                     
20                 (7)  upon request and without cost to the individual making the                                     
21       request, the bureau shall issue a copy of the death certificate of a veteran to the                           
22       surviving spouse, next of kin, or other relative of the deceased veteran.