(a) The applicable fees under Section 17 of this Act for a new certificate of birth and Section 25 of this Act for a search of a birth record or a certified copy of a birth record shall be waived for all requests by a person who resides in a shelter for domestic violence. The State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish standards and procedures consistent with this Section for waiver of the applicable fees. A person described under this Section must not be charged for verification under this Section. A person who knowingly or purposefully falsifies this verification is subject to a penalty of $100. (b) A person who resides in a shelter for domestic violence shall be provided no more than 4 birth records annually under this Section.
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