Bill Text: HI HB1072 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Licenses To Solemnize Marriages.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [HB1072 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB1072-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO LICENSES TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
Act 211, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, also established fees for a civil license to solemnize marriages, the intent of which was to enhance general revenues from approximately 20,000 marriages per year, two-thirds of which are for out-of-state and international couples. However, there are no fees for licenses to solemnize marriages for the religious and judicial marriage solemnizers.
The purpose of this Act is to repeal wording related to fees to assure equity among religious, judicial, and civil performers.
SECTION 2. Section 572-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§572-11 Marriage ceremony; license to solemnize[.];
fees. (a) It shall not be lawful for any person to
perform the marriage ceremony within the State without first obtaining from the
department of health a license to solemnize marriages. Any license to solemnize marriages shall
be valid for one year from the date of issuance.
(b) The fee for any license to solemnize
marriages shall be $100 per year. All
fees received for the issuance of licenses to solemnize marriages shall be
remitted to the director of health. Upon
receipt of remittances under this section, the director shall deposit:
(1) Seventy-five dollars to the vital
statistics improvement special fund established under section 338-14.6; and
(2) Twenty-five dollars to the general fund."
SECTION 3. Section 572-12, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b)
A civil license to solemnize marriages may be issued to, and the
marriage rite may be performed and solemnized by, any individual at least
eighteen years of age, upon presentation to the individual of a license to
marry, as prescribed by this chapter. An
individual with a civil license to solemnize a marriage may receive the price
stipulated by the parties or any gratuity tendered. [The civil license shall be valid for no
less than two years from the date of its issuance; provided that a temporary
three-month civil license may be issued upon an individual's request. The fee for a civil license shall be $100 per
year the permit is valid; provided that the fee for a temporary three-month
license shall be $25.] An individual
who performs a solemnization of a marriage pursuant to a civil license issued
under this subsection shall obtain the prior written consent of each person for
whom a solemnization is performed and fulfill all provisions of sections 572-13
and 572‑15
applicable to persons authorized to solemnize marriages."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act, upon its approval, shall take effect on July 1, 2023.
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Licenses to Solemnize Marriages; Fees
Description:
Establishes a uniform fee for licenses to solemnize marriages.
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