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                                   9918
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2020
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 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to authorizing
   the solemnization of marriages by current or former mayors  of  cities
   and villages within the state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions  2  and  6  of  section  11  of  the  domestic
 relations  law,  subdivision  2  as amended by section 1 of subpart E of
 part B of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015 and subdivision 6 as amended by
 chapter 450 of the laws of 2014, are amended to read as follows:
   2. The current or a former governor, THE CURRENT OR a FORMER mayor  of
 a CITY OR village, a county executive of a county, or a mayor, recorder,
 city magistrate, police justice or police magistrate of a city, a former
 mayor or the city clerk of a city of the first class of over one million
 inhabitants  or any of his or her deputies or not more than four regular
 clerks, designated by him or her for such purpose as provided in section
 eleven-a of this article, except that in cities which contain more  than
 one  hundred  thousand and less than one million inhabitants, a marriage
 shall be solemnized by the mayor, or police justice,  and  by  no  other
 officer  of  such city, except as provided in subdivisions one and three
 of this section. A FORMER MAYOR OF A CITY OR VILLAGE SHALL NOT CHARGE OR
 RECEIVE A FEE.
   6. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article to the contra-
 ry no marriage shall be solemnized by a public officer specified in this
 section, other than THE CURRENT OR A FORMER MAYOR OF A CITY OR  VILLAGE,
 a  judge of a federal district court for the northern, southern, eastern
 or western district of New York, a judge of the United States  court  of
 international  trade,  a  federal  administrative law judge presiding in
 this state, a judge or justice of  the  unified  court  system  of  this
 state,  a housing judge of the civil court of the city of New York, or a
 retired judge or justice of the unified court system or a retired  hous-
 ing  judge  of  the  civil  court certified pursuant to paragraph (k) of
 subdivision two of section two hundred twelve of the judiciary law,  nor
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 by  any of the persons specified in subdivision three-a of this section,
 outside the territorial jurisdiction in which he  or  she  was  elected,
 appointed or duly designated. Such a public officer, however, elected or
 appointed  within the city of New York may solemnize a marriage anywhere
 within such city.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.