Iowa § 144.46A - 144.46A Vital records fund.
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§ 144.46A. 144.46A Vital records fund.
1. A vital records fund is created under the control of the department. Moneys in the fund shall be used for purposes of the purchase and maintenance of an electronic system for vital records scanning, data capture, data reporting, storage, and retrieval, and for all registration and issuance activities. Moneys in the fund may also be used for other related purposes including but not limited to the streamlining of administrative procedures and electronically linking offices of county registrars to state vital records so that the records may be issued at the county level. 2. Moneys credited to the fund pursuant to section 144.46 and otherwise are appropriated to the department to be used for the purposes designated in subsection 1. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys credited to the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert to any fund but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated. 2005 Acts, ch 175, §83; 2007 Acts, ch 159, §28 Referred to in §144.46 Wed Dec 10 22:57:29 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 144.46A (20, 0)
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Section 144.46A ("144.46A Vital records fund.") is part of the Iowa Code, the codified statutory law of Iowa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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