03/27/2012 09:00 AM Senate STATE AFFAIRS

           HB 129-DECEASED VETERAN DEATH CERTIFICATE                                                                        
                                                                                                                              
9:10:06 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  WIELECHOWSKI  announced  that  the next  bill  before  the                                                               
committee would be HB 129, which  would allow the Bureau of Vital                                                               
Statistics to issue  up to four copies of a  death certificate to                                                               
a relative of a deceased veteran.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR PASKVAN  moved to adopt  the proposed  SCS for CS  for HB
, labeled 27-LS0450\D, as the working document.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI objected for discussion purposes.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE MAX  GRUENBERG, sponsor of HB  129, introduced the                                                               
bill.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
TED  MADSEN, staff,  Representative Max  Gruenberg explained  the                                                               
three major changes  in version D of HB 129.  The first change is                                                               
on  page 1,  line  1, which  changes  the title  of  the bill  to                                                               
reflect there are multiple copies  of the death certificate being                                                               
given out  instead of just one.  The second change is  on page 2,                                                               
lines 22-25.  This language clarifies  that only four  free death                                                               
certificates  will be  given out.  Previously,  the language  was                                                               
unclear  as to  whether  it  was four  per  death  or four  death                                                               
certificates per individual request.  The third change determined                                                               
what  qualifies  a person  to  claim  the death  certificates;  a                                                               
personal representative of  the veteran's estate, a  trustee of a                                                               
revocable  trust, and  a  person  who needs  a  copy  to claim  a                                                               
benefit. These claimants are not listed by priority.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG   thanked  various  people   for  their                                                               
contributions to  the bill.  He noted the  need for  a Concurrent                                                               
Resolution due to the title change.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI opined  that HB 129 is a better  bill now that                                                               
the committee's concerns were addressed.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:13:48 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  PASKVAN moved  to  report the  SCS for  CS  for HB  129,                                                               
version  D, from  committee with  individual recommendations  and                                                               
the  attached fiscal  note. There  being no  objection, SCS  CSHB
(STA)  was reported  from the  Senate  State Affairs  Standing                                                               
Committee.