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Senate Bill S6184

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes individuals as officiants

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2013-S6184 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง11, Dom Rel L

2013-S6184 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes individuals registering as officiants with the secretary of state to solemnize marriages.

2013-S6184 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6184 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6184

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 8, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

AN  ACT  to  amend  domestic  relations  law, in relation to individuals
  conducting the solemnization of marriages

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  11  of  the domestic relations law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
  3-A. AN INDIVIDUAL REGISTERING AS AN OFFICIANT WITH THE  SECRETARY  OF
STATE.  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL SHALL UNDERGO AN APPLICATION PROCESS, AS ESTAB-
LISHED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. THE FEE FOR SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, WHICH SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO  THE  AWARENESS  FUND
ESTABLISHED  BY  SECTION  NINETY-SEVEN-YYY  OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, AS
ADDED BY CHAPTER SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR OF THE  LAWS  OF  TWO  THOUSAND
TWO.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided that the secretary of state is authorized to
promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any other measures
necessary to implement this act on its effective date, on or before such
date.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11817-01-3

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