Bill Text: NY A10795 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Gives members of the New York state legislature the ability to solemnize marriages, provided that they shall not charge a fee.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-9)

Status: (Passed) 2018-12-21 - signed chap.415 [A10795 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10795-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10795
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 18, 2018
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        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Judiciary
        AN  ACT  to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to persons who
          may solemnize marriages
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  11  of  the domestic relations law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
     3    2-a. A member of the New York state legislature,  provided  that  such
     4  person shall not charge or receive a fee.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15457-01-8