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(a) The fee for filing a civil union statement and any attachments shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) which entitles the person filing the statement on behalf of the civil union to two (2) certified copies of the official statement, which shall constitute civil union certificates.
(b) The fee for obtaining additional copies shall be ten dollars ($10.00) per copy.
(c) The fee for filing a termination of civil union statement shall be ten dollars ($10.00).
(Ord. No. 9898, § 1, 9-15-03; Ord. No. 11088, § 1, 6-18-13, eff. 7-19-13)
(a) Health care visitation. All health care facilities operating within the city shall allow the registered civil union partner of a patient to visit such patient unless no visitors are allowed or the patient expresses a desire that visitation by the civil union partner be restricted. As used in this section, "health care facility" means every place, institution, building or agency, whether organized for profit or not, which provides facilities with medical services, nursing services, health screening services, other health-related services, supervisory care services, personal care services or directed care services and includes home health agencies as defined in A.R.S. § 36-151 and hospice service agencies.
(b) Use of and access to city facilities. All facilities owned or operated by the city, including but not limited to recreational facilities shall allow the registered civil union partner of a user to be included in any rights and privileges accorded a spouse for purposes of use of and access to city facilities.
(c) City employee benefits. To the extent authorized by law, any city employee who is registered with the city as a civil union partner may designate his or her partner as a beneficiary of any of the benefits provided by the city in the same manner as a spouse of an employee.
(Ord. No. 9898, § 1, 9-15-03; Ord. No. 11088, § 1, 6-18-13, eff. 7-19-13)
(a) Nothing in this article shall be interpreted to contravene the general laws of the State of Arizona.
(b) Nothing in this article shall be construed to create additional legal liabilities greater than those already existing under law or to create new private causes of action.
(c) By maintaining records provided by civil union partners pursuant to this article, including the statement or list of documents as described in section 17-73(e) and the statement of shared intent as described in section 17-73(f), the city does not make any representation or warranty that such documents, records or stated intentions are legally enforceable or valid.
(Ord. No. 9898, § 1, 9-15-03; Ord. No. 11088, § 1, 6-18-13, eff. 7-19-13)
The statement of civil union, the civil union certificate and all documents provided to the city by civil union partners pursuant to this article shall be treated as a public record pursuant to the laws of the State of Arizona and shall be subject to disclosure upon request.
(Ord. No. 11088, § 2, 6-18-13, eff. 7-19-13)
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