Bill Text: NJ A2859 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases fees charged for marriage or civil union licenses and dedicates monies to Displaced Homemakers Trust Fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee [A2859 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A2859-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 2859

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 16, 2016

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  JOHN F. MCKEON

District 27 (Essex and Morris)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Increases fees charged for marriage or civil union licenses and dedicates monies to Displaced Homemakers Trust Fund.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act increasing the fees charged for marriages or civil union licenses and amending P.L.1981, c.382.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Section 1 of P.L.1981, c.382 (C.37:1‑12.1) is amended to read as follows:

     1.    In addition to the fee for issuing a marriage or civil union license authorized pursuant to R.S.37:1-12, each licensing officer shall collect a fee of $25 from the marriage license or civil union license applicants which shall be forwarded on a quarterly basis to the Department of Human Services; and $22 from the applicants which shall be forwarded on a quarterly basis to the Department of Community Affairs.

     The $22 fee shall be deposited into the trust fund established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1993, c.188 (C.52:27D-43.24b) for the purpose of providing grants‑in‑aid to programs for displaced homemakers.

(cf: P.L.2006, c.103, s.15)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill amends N.J.S.A.37:1-12.1 to require licensing officers issuing marriage or civil union licenses to collect an additional fee of $22 from applicants for the purpose of providing grants to programs for displaced homemakers pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A.52:27D-43.24b.

     Currently, a supplementary fee of $25 is collected from marriage or civil union license applicants and forwarded to the Department of Human Services for the purpose of establishing and maintaining shelters for victims of domestic violence.

     The additional fee of $22 shall increase the total cost of a marriage or civil union license from $28 (a base fee of $3 and the $25 fee dedicated to domestic violence shelters), to $50.