Won't matter how much money we have, if the records are closed we won't be able to get any of them!!!! (or the information) see this web site for the bill & links to your legislators mail and e-mail addresses HANDWRITTEN U.S. MAIL IS BEST!!!! http://users.beol.net/genealogy/HB95 I'm going to try to update it this weekend. Hearings are held at the State House, Senate Building-- Finance & budget 2nd floor hearing room. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Harrison" <lp.harrison@verizon.net> To: <OHJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com>; <OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com>; <OHKNOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 7:48 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} [Fwd: Re: [OHFranklin] Ohio Legislation - House Bill 95] > 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/e77dc78db8ad9b2b85256598004e3f1 a/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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