Bill Text: CT SB00432 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Validating Marriages Celebrated At The Mashantucket Pequot Reservation And The Mohegan Reservation.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-17 - Public Hearing 03/21 [SB00432 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-SB00432-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 432
February Session, 2016		LCO No. 2845
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT VALIDATING MARRIAGES CELEBRATED AT THE MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT RESERVATION AND THE MOHEGAN RESERVATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 46b-24 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) [No] Except as provided in section 46b-28a, as amended by this act, no persons may be joined in marriage in this state until both have complied with the provisions of [sections 46b-24,] this section, section 46b-25 and sections 46b-29 to 46b-33, inclusive, and have been issued a license by the registrar for the town in which the marriage is to be celebrated, which license shall bear the certification of the registrar that the persons named therein have complied with the provisions of said sections.

Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) All marriages celebrated before the effective date of this section under a tribal marriage license at the Mashantucket Pequot reservation or the Mohegan reservation, are recognized as valid by the state of Connecticut provided the marriage is recognized under the laws of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe or the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut and not otherwise expressly prohibited by statute in this state.

Sec. 3. Section 46b-28a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

A marriage, or a relationship that provides substantially the same rights, benefits and responsibilities as a marriage, between two persons entered into in another state or jurisdiction and recognized as valid by such other state or jurisdiction shall be recognized as a valid marriage in this state, provided such marriage or relationship is not expressly prohibited by statute in this state. For purposes of section 46b-24, as amended by this act, and this section another jurisdiction, includes, but is not limited to, the Mashantucket Pequot reservation and the Mohegan reservation. The requirements set forth in section 46b-24, as amended by this act, shall not apply to persons joining in marriage at said reservations.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	46b-24(a)
Sec. 2	from passage	New section
Sec. 3	from passage	46b-28a

Statement of Purpose:

To ensure the validity of marriages celebrated at the Mashantucket Pequot reservation and the Mohegan reservation.

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