Chapter 259

2007 -- S 1037 SUBSTITUTE A

Enacted 07/03/07

A N A C T

RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES

Introduced By: Senators Connors, Blais, McBurney, Tassoni, and Sosnowski

Date Introduced: May 17, 2007

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 15-3-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 15-3 entitled "Solemnization

of Marriages" is hereby amended to read as follows:

15-3-5. Officials empowered to join persons in marriage. -- Every ordained clergy or

elder in good standing, every justice of the supreme court, superior court, family court, workers'

compensation court, district court or traffic tribunal, the clerk of the supreme court, every clerk or

general chief clerk of a superior court, family court, district court, or traffic tribunal, magistrates,

special or general magistrates of the superior court, family court, traffic tribunal or district court,

administrators of the workers' compensation court, every former justice or judge and former

administrator of these courts and every former chief clerk of the district court, and every former

clerk or general chief clerk of a superior court, the secretary of the senate, elected clerks of the

general assembly, any former secretary of the senate or any former elected clerk of the general

assembly who retires after July 1, 2007, judges of the United States appointed pursuant to Article

III of the United States Constitution, bankruptcy judges appointed pursuant to Article I of the

United States Constitution, and United States magistrate judges appointed pursuant to federal law,

may join persons in marriage in any city or town in this state; and every justice and every former

justice of the municipal courts of the cities and towns in this state and of the police court of the

town of Johnston and every probate judge and every former probate judge may join persons in

marriage in any city or town in this state, and wardens of the town of New Shoreham may join

persons in marriage in New Shoreham.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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