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Jan 05, 2022 | referred to judiciary |
Dec 13, 2021 | referred to judiciary |
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Co-Sponsors
Jo Anne Simon
Emily Gallagher
Amy Paulin
Inez E. Dickens
A8547 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Domestic Relations Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §11, Dom Rel L
A8547 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8547 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y December 13, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to authori- zations to solemnize marriages THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 11 of the domestic relations law, as amended by chapter 95 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 1. A clergyman or minister of any religion, or by the senior leader, or any of the other leaders, of The Society for Ethical Culture in the city of New York, having its principal office in the borough of Manhat- tan, or by the leader of The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, having its principal office in the borough of Brooklyn of the city of New York, or of the Westchester Ethical Society, having its principal office in Westchester county, or of the Ethical Culture Society of Long Island, having its principal office in Nassau county, or of the River- dale-Yonkers Ethical Society having its principal office in Bronx coun- ty, or by the leader of any other Ethical Culture Society affiliated with the American Ethical Union, OR BY A UNIVERSAL LIFE CHURCH MINISTER; provided that no clergyman or minister as defined in section two of the religious corporations law, or Society for Ethical Culture leader shall be required to solemnize any marriage when acting in his or her capacity under this subdivision. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13813-02-1