Minn. birth certificates get new $10 surcharge

Starting Thursday, it'll cost an extra $10 to get a birth certificate in Minnesota.

That's when a new state law takes effect adding a nonrefundable surcharge to each certified birth record.

Local or state officials who collect the money will send it to the state's general fund, which is facing a projected deficit in the billions of dollars beginning in July 2011.

The surcharge was part of a budget deal between Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Democrats who run the Legislature. It was passed during a brief special session in May.

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