[or-roots] SB 2093

[LinLouVan at aol.com]

Very good thoughts, Les.
And you echo my feeling exactly.
Linda
 
 
In a message dated 3/27/2013 11:15:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
opera_70 at yahoo.com writes:

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_ 
(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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