SB 502-FN - FINAL VERSION
4/2/98 1216s
7may98.....1491h
6/10/98 2231cofc
6/18/98 2273eba
1998 SESSION
98-2932
04/01
SENATE BILL 502-FN
AN ACT allowing federal judges to perform marriages after obtaining a special license.
SPONSORS: Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. Pignatelli, Dist 13; Sen. Gordon, Dist 2; Sen. D. Wheeler, Dist 11; Sen. Squires, Dist 12; Rep. Kurk, Hills 5; Rep. Mercer, Hills 27; Rep. Richardson, Ches 12; Rep. Peterson, Hills 8; Rep. Keans, Straf 16
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
ANALYSIS
This act allows federal judges appointed pursuant to Article III of the United States Constitution, and federal magistrate judges appointed pursuant to federal law, to perform marriage ceremonies after obtaining a special license.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
4/2/98 1216s
7may98.....1491h
6/10/98 2231cofc
6/18/98 2273eba
98-2932
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Eight
AN ACT allowing federal judges to perform marriages after obtaining a special license.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Solemnization of Marriages; Federal Judges and Magistrates Added. Amend RSA 457:31 to read as follows:
457:31 Who May Solemnize. Marriage may be solemnized by a justice of the peace as commissioned in the state; by any minister of the gospel in the state who has been ordained according to the usage of his or her denomination, resides in the state, and is in regular standing with the denomination; by any clergyman who is not ordained but is engaged in the service of the religious body to which he or she belongs, resides in the state, after being licensed therefor by the secretary of state; [and] within his or her parish, by any minister residing out of the state, but having a pastoral charge wholly or partly in this state; by judges of the United States appointed pursuant to Article III of the United States Constitution, or by United States magistrate judges appointed pursuant to federal law.
2 New Section; License and Fee; Judges of the United States. Amend RSA 457 by inserting after section 32 the following new section:
457:32-a Judges of the United States. The secretary of state may issue a special license to a judge of the United States residing in this state who is appointed pursuant to Article III of the United States Constitution, or to a United States magistrate judge residing in this state and appointed pursuant to federal law, to marry a couple within the state. There shall be a fee of $25 for each such license, and the secretary of state shall maintain a record of all such special licenses issued. A copy of the marriage license of the couple proposed to be married shall be filed with the secretary of state who shall maintain a permanent record of all such marriage licenses and the name and residence of the judge or magistrate performing the ceremony.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
98-2932
2/12/98
SB 502-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT allowing federal judges to perform marriages after obtaining a special license.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 1998 through 2002.