Bill Text: NJ A456 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases fees charged for marriage licenses and dedicates monies to Displaced Homemakers Trust Fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee [A456 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A456-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman JOAN M. VOSS
District 38 (Bergen)
Assemblyman JOHN F. MCKEON
District 27 (Essex)
Assemblywoman VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE
District 37 (Bergen)
SYNOPSIS
Increases fees charged for marriage licenses and dedicates monies to Displaced Homemakers Trust Fund.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act increasing the fees charged for marriages licenses and amending P.L.1981, c.382.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.1981, c.382 (C.37:1‑12.1) is amended to read as follows:
1. In addition to the fee for issuing a marriage license authorized pursuant to R.S.37:1-12, each licensing officer shall collect a fee of: $25 from the applicants which shall be forwarded on a quarterly basis to the Department of Human Services; and $22 from the applicants which shall be forwarded on a quarterly basis to the Department of Community Affairs.
The $22 fee shall be deposited into the trust fund established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1993, c. 188 (C.52:27D-43.24b) for the purpose of providing grants‑in‑aid to programs for displaced homemakers.
(cf: P.L.1992, c.136)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill amends N.J.S.A.37:1-12.1 to require licensing officers issuing marriage licenses to collect an additional fee of $22 from applicants for a marriage license for the purpose of providing grants to programs for displaced homemakers pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A.52:27D-43.24b.
Currently, a supplementary fee of $25 is collected from marriage license applicants and forwarded to the Department of Human Services for the purpose of establishing and maintaining shelters for victims of domestic violence.
The additional fee of $22 shall increase the total cost of a marriage license from $28 (a base fee of $3 and the $25 fee dedicated to domestic violence shelters), to $50.
