Bill Text: PA HB233 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In marriage ceremony, further providing for persons qualified to solemnize marriages.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 15-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-04 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB233 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB233-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 243
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 233 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY PICKETT, ELLIS, FLECK, GEIST, GINGRICH, HENNESSEY, HESS, KORTZ, MAJOR, MILLARD, PEIFER, PHILLIPS, RAPP, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SWANGER, WANSACZ AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 4, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 4, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in marriage ceremony, further
providing for persons qualified to solemnize marriages.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1503(a) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 1503. Persons qualified to solemnize marriages.
(a) General rule.--The following are authorized to solemnize
marriages between persons that produce a marriage license issued
under this part:
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(7) A Native American chief or other Native American
official authorized or appointed to perform ceremonial
duties.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.