CA AB3045

State Registrar must provide decorative Asian Zodiac heirloom certificates upon request and payment of a fee for any registered birth.

Certificates must feature a distinctive design including Asian Zodiac artwork by local artists, California's state seal, and a facsimile of the State Registrar's signature, containing only identification information.

Confidential medical and social data sections from original birth certificates must not be reproduced on the decorative certificates.

Department sets the fee to cover reasonable administrative costs of developing, preparing, and providing the certificates, with collected fees deposited into the Health Statistics Special Fund.

Fund moneys may be appropriated by the department to cover administrative costs and payment to local artists who create the Asian Zodiac artwork.