Provides that an applicant for a one-day marriage officiant license must apply for such license in the same town or city clerk's office that issued the marriage license for the couple to be married.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7512
SPONSOR: Levenberg TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to one-day
marriage officiant licenses
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this legislation is to provide clarity for town and city
clerks regarding their responsibility to issue one-day marriage offici-
ant licenses.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 11-d of the Domestic Relations Law
is amended to read as follows: An applicant for a one-day marriage offi-
ciant license must apply for such license in the same town or city
clerk's office that issued the marriage license for the couple to be
married.
Section 2. Establishes the effective date.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
Not applicable at this time.
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation is just a small technical amendment that needs to be
made to provide clarity for town and city clerks throughout our state
regarding their responsibility to issue one-day marriage officiant
licenses.
This legislation simply removes the word "as" and replaces it with "that
issued the marriage license for". Therefore, it reads as follows: An
applicant for a one-day marriage officiant license must apply for such
license in the same town or city clerk's office as that issued the
marriage license for the couple to be married.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is new legislation.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
There are no fiscal implications to our state or local governments in
association with the passage of this legislation.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7512
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 25, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to one-day
marriage officiant licenses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 11-d of the domestic relations
2 law, as added by chapter 68 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 3. An applicant for a one-day marriage officiant license must apply
5 for such license in the same town or city clerk's office [as] that
6 issued the marriage license for the couple to be married. Such applicant
7 shall not be required to personally appear.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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