Bill Text: MI SB1045 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Family law: marriage and divorce; civil celebrant; provide for. Amends secs. 1, 4 & 6 of 1887 PA 128 (MCL 551.101 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1044'24
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-12-10 - Placed On Second Reading [SB1045 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-SB1045-Engrossed.html
Substitute For
SENATE BILL NO. 1045
A bill to amend 1887 PA 128, entitled
"An act establishing the minimum ages for contracting marriages; to require a civil license in order to marry and its registration; to provide for the implementation of federal law; and to provide a penalty for the violation of this act,"
by amending sections 1, 4, and 6 (MCL 551.101, 551.104, and 551.106).
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 1. It shall be necessary for all All parties intending to be married to must obtain a marriage license from the county clerk of the county in which either the man or woman party resides, and to must deliver the said license to the clergyman or magistrate person who is to officiate as authorized under section 7 of 1846 RS 83, MCL 551.7, before the marriage can be performed. If both parties to be married are non-residents nonresidents of the this state, it shall be necessary to 1 party must obtain such the license from the county clerk of the county in which the marriage is to be performed.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the clergyman or magistrate, The person officiating at a marriage as authorized under section 7 of 1846 RS 83, MCL 551.7, to shall fill in the spaces of the certificate left blank for the entry of the time and place of the marriage, the names and residences signatures of 2 witnesses, and his own the name, title, address, and signature of the person officiating the marriage as authorized under section 7 of 1846 RS 83, MCL 551.7, in certification that the marriage has been performed by him and any the person officiating the marriage. Any and all information required to be filled in in the spaces left blank in the certificate shall must be typewritten or legibly printed. He The person officiating the marriage as authorized under section 7 of 1846 RS 83, MCL 551.7, shall separate the duplicate license and certificate, and deliver the half part designated duplicate to 1 of the parties, so joined in marriage, and within 10 days return the original to the county clerk issuing the same. It shall be the duty of such clergyman or magistrate to The person officiating the marriage as authorized under section 7 of 1846 RS 83, MCL 551.7, shall keep an accurate record of all marriages solemnized in a book used expressly for that purpose.
Sec. 6. Any clergyman or magistrate who shall join person authorized to officiate a marriage under section 7 of 1846 RS 83, MCL 551.7, that joins together in marriage parties who have not delivered to him a properly issued license, as provided for in this act, or who shall violate that violates any of the provisions of this act, shall be adjudged is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall must be punished by a fine of 100 dollars, $500.00, or in default of the payment, thereof, by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of 90 days.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 1044 of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.
