Senate Bill S7424

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Waives the state fee for marriage licenses for active duty members of the armed forces and authorizes towns and cities to elect to waive their fees for marriage licenses and certificates

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S7424 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1268
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§14-a & 15, Dom Rel L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6808, A9645
2019-2020: A55

2017-S7424 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives the state fee for marriage licenses when either party making application for such marriage license is a member of the United States armed forces on active duty and authorizes towns and cities to elect to waive their fees for marriage licenses and certificates when either applicant is a member of the United States armed forces on active duty.

2017-S7424 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7424 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7424
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to  waiving  the
   fee for marriage licenses for active duty members of the armed forces
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 14-a  of  the  domestic  relations
 law,  as  amended by chapter 297 of the laws of 1963, is amended to read
 as follows:
   3. A. No fee shall be charged for any certificate when required by the
 veterans administration or by the division of veterans' affairs  of  the
 state  of  New  York  to  be  used in determining the eligibility of any
 person to participate in the benefits made  available  by  the  veterans
 administration or by the state of New York.
   B.  A  TOWN  OR CITY MAY ELECT TO WAIVE THE FEE FOR A CERTIFICATE WHEN
 EITHER OF THE PARTIES MAKING  APPLICATION  FOR  SUCH  CERTIFICATE  IS  A
 MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES ON ACTIVE DUTY.
   §  2.  Subdivision  4  of section 15 of the domestic relations law, as
 amended by chapter 35 of the  laws  of  2017,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  Before  issuing any licenses herein provided for, the town or city
 clerk shall be entitled to a fee of thirty dollars, which sum  shall  be
 paid  by  the  applicants  before  or at the time the license is issued;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN EITHER OF THE  PARTIES  APPLYING  FOR  SUCH
 LICENSE  IS  A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES ON ACTIVE
 DUTY (I) A TOWN OR CITY MAY NOT COLLECT THAT PORTION OF  THE  FEE  WHICH
 WOULD  OTHERWISE  BE  TRANSMITTED  TO  THE  STATE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH
 PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION AND (II) SUCH TOWN OR  CITY  MAY  ELECT  TO
 WAIVE  THE PORTION OF THE FEE WHICH THE TOWN OR CITY IS ENTITLED TO. Any
 town or city clerk who shall issue a license to marry any persons one or
 both of whom shall not be at the time of the marriage under such license
 legally competent to marry without first requiring the parties  to  such
 marriage to make such affidavits and statements or who shall not require
 the  production  of  documentary  proof  of  age or the procuring of the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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