Bill Text: CT SB00396 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Justices Of The Peace Who May Serve As Marriage Officiants.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-05 - Public Hearing 03/09 [SB00396 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2018-SB00396-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 396 | ||
February Session, 2018 |
LCO No. 1901 | ||
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT CONCERNING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE WHO MAY SERVE AS MARRIAGE OFFICIANTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 46b-22 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2018):
(a) Persons authorized to solemnize marriages in this state include (1) all judges and retired judges, either elected or appointed, including federal judges and judges of other states who may legally join persons in marriage in their jurisdictions, (2) family support magistrates, family support referees, state referees, [and] justices of the peace who are appointed in Connecticut by their respective towns and justices of the peace who are appointed by the Secretary of the State to perform a single joining of persons in marriage in accordance with rules adopted under subsection (c) of this section, and (3) all ordained or licensed members of the clergy, belonging to this state or any other state. All marriages solemnized according to the forms and usages of any religious denomination in this state, including marriages witnessed by a duly constituted Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is, are valid. All marriages attempted to be celebrated by any other person are void.
(b) No public official legally authorized to issue marriage licenses may join persons in marriage under authority of a license issued by himself, or his assistant or deputy; nor may any such assistant or deputy join persons in marriage under authority of a license issued by such public official.
(c) The Secretary of the State may adopt rules for the appointment of a person to be a justice of the peace for a single joining of persons in marriage.
[(c)] (d) Any person violating any provision of this section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2018 |
46b-22 |
Statement of Purpose:
To allow the Secretary of the State to adopt rules for the appointment of a person to be a justice of the peace for a single joining of persons in marriage.
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