PRINTER'S NO. 957
No. 850 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY STUBAN, ARMSTRONG, COLE, DeWEESE, CALTAGIRONE,
STEWART, WAGNER, ZELLER, D. R. WRIGHT, FRYER, SHUMAN,
MELUSKEY, BROWN, ZITTERMAN, JONES, WISE, GAMBLE AND HOEFFEL,
MARCH 30, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 30, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), entitled "An
2 act providing for the administration of a statewide system of
3 vital statistics; prescribing the functions of the State
4 Department of Health, the State Advisory Health Board and
5 local registrars; imposing duties upon coroners,
6 prothonotaries, clerks of orphans' court, physicians,
7 midwives and other persons; requiring reports and
8 certificates for the registration of vital statistics;
9 regulating the disposition of dead bodies; limiting the
10 disclosure of records; prescribing the sufficiency of vital
11 statistics records as evidence; prescribing fees and
12 penalties; and revising and consolidating the laws relating
13 thereto," providing for notifications of death to tax
14 assessors and voters registration boards.
15 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
16 hereby enacts as follows:
17 Section 1. The act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known
18 as the "Vital Statistics Law of 1953," is amended by adding a
19 section to read:
20 Section 507. Notification of Death.--The local registrar who
21 receives a death certificate shall immediately notify the tax
22 assessor of the municipality where the decedent last resided of
23 the death and at the same time notify the voters registration
1 board of the county where the decedent last resided. Such
2 notifications shall be made on forms supplied by the department.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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