Bill Text: HI HB2146 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Marriage Licenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-11 - Referred to HTH, JDC/WAM. [HB2146 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-HB2146-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO MARRIAGE LICENSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature
finds that Act 211, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, authorized the issuance of a civil
license to solemnize marriages. Before enactment,
only individuals with religious affiliations or judicial appointments could obtain a license to
solemnize marriages.
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 twenty thousand 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 religious and judicial marriage solemnizers.
The purpose of this Act is
to:
(1) Establish a fee for all licenses to solemnize a marriage to be deposited into the general fund;
(2) Allow the department of health to increase the fee, subject to certain requirements;
(3) Require the department of health to account for the collection and deposit of the fee into the general fund; and
(4) Repeal the expiration of and fees specific to civil licenses to solemnize marriages.
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.
(b) The fee for any license to solemnize a marriage
shall be $ per year
to be deposited into the general fund.
(c) The department of health may increase the fee established
under subsection (b) in accordance with chapter 91; provided that the department
of health may increase the fee up to per cent each
year without being subject to chapter 91. In establishing a fee, the amount shall be sufficient
to cover the expenses of maintaining, improving, and modernizing the issuance of
licenses to solemnize marriages.
(d) The department of health shall keep an account
of all fees collected and deposited into the general fund pursuant to this section."
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 shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Marriage; License to Solemnize; Fees
Description:
Establishes a fee for all licenses to solemnize a marriage. Allows DOH to increase the fee, subject to certain requirements. Requires DOH to account for the collection and deposit of the fee. Repeals the expiration of and fees specific to civil licenses to solemnize marriages. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
