Hello everyone
Hurry up and get your Michigan vital records if you need them. There
are proposed fee increases coming. The health department is asking for
increases for a VR from $15 to $26, additional year $4 to $12,
expedited record from $20 to $36. These are all that I wrote down but
everything is increased.
You can read the gory details on the
Michigan.gov web site using House
Bill 5778 or Senate Bill 1143 in the given box.
The proposed new budget that takes effect Oct 1 has taken $1.5 million
from the vital records budget. The Michigan Genealogical Council
understands that they have to get money from somewhere and has taken the
following stand
"MGC finds the fee schedule proposed for Michigan vital records totally
unreasonable. If passed, these would be the highest fees anywhere in
the USA. We would not be opposed to a modest increase of 35% of less."
So those of you in Michigan - contact your legislatures!
Ruth McMahon AG
MGC delegate
Michigan Professional Genealogists