[or-roots] SB 2093

[Dana Cress]

Well stated!  No more bureaucracy!

Dana

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On Mar 27, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Leslie Chapman <opera_70 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> I just fired this off to my state Senator, hope it meets every one's approval;
> 
> Dear Senator Arnold Roblan;
> 
> My favorite genealogical list has had the following bill brought to our attention;
> 
> House Bill 2093
> 
> http://landru.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2093.intro.pdf
> 
> Our most important concern is the feature that it appears to seek adding 25 years to the period of time which the general public cannot access vital statistics. I understand that many people may see this as strengthening safeguards against identity theft and creation of phony identification. In reality all it will accomplish is making life more difficult for we in the genealogical community and have little or no effect on those intended consequences.
> 
> For a mere $39.95 with my handy dandy MasterCard I recently signed on to a web service that pretty much gives me access to the vital records of anyone I want information on, the more recent the information I want the better. I bought it because a cousin was wanting to contact an ex wife of her brother; boom for an additional $2.95 for the "details" i.e. exact address and current phone number. In many states this service provides actual copies of documents. So if the intent is to protect identification, it is a case of closing the barn door after the horse is gone. 
> 
> A further objection is that it appears to be creating a new level of State government at a time when we can't pay for what we have. If there are changes that genuinely need to be made in records keeping, they should be administratively handled within our current vital statistics organization.
> 
> Yours respectfully:
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