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LC000596/SUB A | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES | |
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Introduced By: Senators McCaffrey, and de la Cruz | |
Date Introduced: January 12, 2021 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 15-3-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 15-3 entitled "Solemnization |
2 | of Marriages" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 15-3-5. Officials empowered to join persons in marriage. |
4 | Every ordained clergy or elder in good standing; every justice of the supreme court, |
5 | superior court, family court, workers' compensation court, district court or traffic tribunal; the clerk |
6 | of the supreme court; every clerk, administrative clerk, or general chief clerk of a superior court, |
7 | family court, district court, or traffic tribunal; magistrates, special or general magistrates of the |
8 | superior court, family court, traffic tribunal or district court; administrative clerks of the district |
9 | court; administrators of the workers' compensation court; every former justice or judge and former |
10 | administrator of these courts; every former chief clerk of the district court; every former clerk, |
11 | administrative clerk, or general chief clerk of a superior court; the secretary of the senate; elected |
12 | clerks of the general assembly; any former secretary of the senate; any former elected clerk of the |
13 | general assembly who retires after July 1, 2007; judges of the United States appointed pursuant to |
14 | Article III of the United States Constitution; bankruptcy judges appointed pursuant to Article I of |
15 | the United States Constitution; and United States magistrate judges appointed pursuant to federal |
16 | law, may join persons in marriage in any city or town in this state; and every justice and every |
17 | former justice of the municipal courts of the cities and towns in this state and of the police court of |
18 | the town of Johnston and the administrator of the Johnston municipal court, while he or she is |
19 | serving as an administrator, and every probate judge and every former probate judge may join |
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1 | persons in marriage in any city or town in this state, and wardens of the town of New Shoreham |
2 | may join persons in marriage in New Shoreham. In addition to the foregoing, the governor shall |
3 | designate, upon application, any person eighteen (18) years or older to solemnize a particular |
4 | marriage on a particular date and in a particular city or town, and may for cause at any time revoke |
5 | such designation. In the case of persons so designated by the governor, the secretary of state shall |
6 | promulgate rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement and carry out the provisions of |
7 | this section. The secretary of state shall issue a certificate of designation upon payment of twenty- |
8 | five dollars ($25.00) for applications delivered by mail, facsimile or hand. All applications |
9 | submitted electronically shall pay a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00). Upon payment, a certificate of |
10 | designation shall be issued within twenty-one (21) days. The certificate shall expire upon |
11 | completion of the solemnization. The fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the |
12 | general fund. |
13 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES | |
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1 | This act would allow the governor to designate any person, upon application, eighteen (18) |
2 | year old or older to solemnize a marriage within the state of Rhode Island on a particular day and |
3 | within a particular city or town. Said authorization would expire upon completion of the marriage |
4 | or the following day of the scheduled marriage, whichever occurs first. A fee in the amount of |
5 | twenty-five dollars ($25.00) would be a prerequisite and would be payable to the secretary of state. |
6 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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