March 23, 1999
YAROSLAVSKY WINS APPROVAL FOR PLAN TO ESTABLISH DOMESTIC PARTNER REGISTRY
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky today won approval from the Board of Supervisors for his proposal to establish the Los Angeles County Domestic Partner Registry.
The roster will be maintained in the Public Records Division of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s office. It will afford unmarried couples an opportunity to formally register their committed relationship with a neutral, third-party government agency to facilitate eligibility for domestic-partner benefits offered by public and private-sector employers. The fee-based service will be entirely self-financing, relieving employers of the burden of maintaining such registries or verifying the status of potentially eligible partners.
Operating at no cost to County taxpayers, the Registry will be entirely self-supporting through fees paid by partners choosing to register. As set forth in an accompanying ordinance, a fee of $20 will be charged to file a statement of domestic partnership, with an additional fee of $13 for each subsequent amendment and a fee of $15 to file a termination of the partnership.
The ordinance will take effect 30 days after its anticipated approval on second reading on April 6, 1999.
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