Linda is not subscribed.... This is very important! We either act now or pay the price. Linda Harrison -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [OHFranklin] Ohio Legislation - House Bill 95 Resent-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 19:11:06 -0600 Resent-From: OHFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 21:11:22 -0400 From: Amy Johnson Crow <amy@amyjohnsoncrow.com> Reply-To: OHFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com To: OHFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com References: <20030425192639.43452.qmail@web41007.mail.yahoo.com> The bill has passed the House and is currently in the Senate. The Senate Finance and Financial Institutions Committee is hearing testimony. The time to let your voice be heard is NOW. Links to contact information for the members of the Ohio Senate can be found at: http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/by_name.html Members of the Finance and Financial Institutions Committee are: Bill Harris, Chair Ron Amstutz Louis Blessing John Carey James Carnes Eric Fingerhut Randy Gardner David Goodman Jay Hottinger Jeff Jacobson Mark Mallory Ray Miller C.J. Prentiss Even if you do not live in Ohio, there is nothing to say that you cannot contact any member of the Ohio Senate or the Ohio House and tell them how the language in sections 3705.23, 3705.24, etc. would affect you. At 08:25 PM 4/30/2003, Linda Harrison wrote: >Has this bill already been passed or can we still stop it? There are bills >being passed right and left taking away resources used by genealogists. I >just read about one on another list which might cause us to lose access to >the Social Security Death Index. > >We need to unite somehow and fight these bills. We also need some >instruction on what to do. Personally, I couldn't tell you the name of a >single senator or representative in Ohio. I left there in 1973. > >Linda Harrison > >Cheryl A. Bechtel wrote: > >>Here is selected text from House Bill 95 for the topics discussed >>recently: Vital Records and Ohio Historical Society. >> >>VITAL RECORDS >>Fees for vital records (page 161) "The fee for any of the following must >>be no less than $7: a certified >>copy of a vital record, a search of records pursuant to a request for >>information, or a copy of a record pursuant to such a request. The bill >>prohibits the board of health of a city or general health district from >>prescribing a fee for issuing a copy of a vital record or certification of >>birth that is less than that charged by the Office of Vital Statistics. >>The bill requires the Office of Vital Statistics and health district >>boards of health to collect an additional $5 fee for each certified copy >>of a vital record. The bill provides that the revenues generated by this >>additional fee must be used solely toward the modernization and automation >>of Ohio's vital records system." >> >>Uncertified vital records (page 162) >>"Under current law, the state registrar or a local registrar may, on >>request, provide uncertified copies of Ohio vital records. The bill >>eliminates the availability of uncertified vital records." >> >>OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY (page 170) >>"Requires the Ohio Historical Society to charge Ohio public libraries a >>reasonable price, not to exceed 10% of the total cost of publication, for >>specified materials rather than supplying those materials at no charge and >>to charge Ohio schools a reasonable price, not to exceed 10% of the total >>cost of preparation, for specified materials on Ohio history rather than >>providing those materials at cost or near cost. >> >>OHS: Charges for specified materials (page 170) >>"One of those functions is to publish books, pamphlets, periodicals, and >>other publications about history, archaeology, and natural science and to >>supply one copy of each regular periodical issue to all Ohio public >>libraries without charge. The bill requires the Society to offer, rather >>than supply, one copy of each of those periodicals and to charge a >>reasonable price, not to exceed 10% of the total cost of publication, for >>them. >> >>This text can be found at the following links. Choose HTML or PDF >>depending on your connection speed. >>http://lsc.state.oh.us/ANALYSES/anh125.nsf/e77dc78db8ad9b2b85256598004e3f1a/014d7847c043eaed85256d11004bd0ec?OpenDocument >>http://www.lsc.state.oh.us/analyses125/h0095-ph-125.pdf >> >>The online versions of legislation provided on this Ohio Legislation >>website are NOT official. The official version of bills is available from >>the LSC Bill Room located at the north end of the Ground Floor of the >>Statehouse. >> >>The primary sponsor of House Bill 95 is Representative Chuck Calvert(R). >>His email address is: district69@ohr.state.oh.us >>Please write to your Ohio congressmen and let them know that this bill is >>important to all genealogists and historians& >> >>Cheryl A. Bechtel >>Verona, Italy >>bechtelca@yahoo.com >>The George/Hayes Family & Allies >>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/e/c/Cheryl-Ann-Bechtel/ >> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do you Yahoo!? >>The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. 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