SENATE BILL NO. 279
INTRODUCED BY J. BOHLINGER
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT INCREASING THE FEE FOR OBTAINING A CERTIFIED COPY OF A DEATH CERTIFICATE; AMENDING SECTION 7-4-2631, MCA; PROVIDING A CONTINGENT VOIDNESS PROVISION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 7-4-2631, MCA, is amended to read:
"7-4-2631. Fees of
county
clerk. (1)
Except as
provided in
7-4-2632,
the county
clerks must
shall
charge, for
the use of
their
respective
counties:
(a) for recording and indexing each certificate of location of a quartz or placer mining claim or millsite claim, including a certificate that the instrument has been recorded with seal affixed, $6;
(b) for recording and indexing each affidavit of annual labor on a mining claim, including certificate that the instrument has been recorded with seal affixed:
(i) for the first mining claim in the affidavit, $3; and
(ii) for each additional mining claim included in it, 50 cents;
(c) for filing and indexing each writ of attachment, execution, certificate of sale, lien, or other instrument required by law to be filed and indexed, $5;
(d) for
filing of
each
subdivision
and or
townsite
plats plat,
$5 plus:
(i) for each lot up to and including 100, 50 cents;
(ii) for each additional lot in excess of 100, 25 cents;
(e) for
filing
certificates
each
certificate
of surveys
and
amendments thereto
survey or
an
amendment, $5 plus 50
cents per
tract or lot;
(f) for a copy of a record or paper:
(i) for the first page of any document, 50 cents, and 25 cents for each subsequent page; and
(ii) for each certification with seal affixed, $2;
(g) for searching an index record of files of the office for each year when required in abstracting or otherwise, 50 cents;
(h) for administering an oath with certificate and seal, no charge;
(i) for taking and certifying an acknowledgment, with seal affixed, for signature to it, no charge;
(j) for filing, indexing, or other services provided for by 30-9-401 through 30-9-407, the fees prescribed under those sections;
(k) for
recording
each stock
subscription and or
contract,
stock
certificate,
and or
articles of
incorporation for a
water users'
associations
association,
$3;
(l) for
filing a
copy of
notarial
commission and
issuing a
certificate
of official
character
of such the
notary
public, $2;
(m) for
each
certified
copy of a
birth
certificate,
$5, and for
each
certified
copy of a
death
certificate,
$3 $4;
(n) for filing, recording, or indexing any other instrument not expressly provided for in this section or 7-4-2632, the same fee provided in this section or 7-4-2632 for a similar service.
(2) State agencies submitting documents to be put of record shall pay the fees provided for in this section. If a state agency or political subdivision has requested an account with the county clerk, any applicable fees must be paid on a periodic basis."
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Submission to electorate. This act shall be submitted to the qualified electors of Montana at the tax election to be held in 1999 by printing on the ballot the full title of this act and the following:
SHALL THE FEE FOR OBTAINING A CERTIFIED COPY OF A DEATH CERTIFICATE TAX BE INCREASED ANNUALLY BY $1 IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER?
[] FOR increasing the fee for obtaining a certified copy of a death certificate from $3 to $4.
[] AGAINST increasing the fee for obtaining a certified copy of a death certificate from $3 to $4.
NEW SECTION. Section 3. Contingent voidness. If Constitutional Initiative No. 75, enacting Article VIII, section 17, of the Montana constitution, is declared invalid, then this act is void.
NEW SECTION. Section 4. Effective date. If approved by the electorate, this act is effective July 1, 1999.
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