Bill Text: NJ A307 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows former mayors to perform marriages.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee [A307 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A307-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RONALD S. DANCER
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Rumana
SYNOPSIS
Allows former mayors to perform marriages.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning the solemnization of marriages and amending R.S.37:1-13.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. R.S.37:1-13 is amended to read as follows:
37:1-13. Each judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, each judge of a federal district court, United States magistrate, judge of a municipal court, judge of the Superior Court, judge of a tax court, retired judge of the Superior Court or Tax Court, or judge of the Superior Court or Tax Court, the former County Court, the former County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, or the former County District Court who has resigned in good standing, surrogate of any county, county clerk and any mayor or former mayor or the deputy mayor when authorized by the mayor, or chairman of any township committee or village president of this State, and every minister of every religion, are hereby authorized to solemnize marriage between such persons as may lawfully enter into the matrimonial relation; and every religious society, institution or organization in this State may join together in marriage such persons according to the rules and customs of the society, institution or organization.
(cf: P.L.2001, c.143)
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all persons who served as mayors prior to the effective date and to all persons serving as mayors on or after the effective date.
STATEMENT
Under current law, the list of persons authorized to perform marriages includes, among others, judges, retired judges, mayors and deputy mayors. This bill would authorize former mayors to perform marriages as well. The effective date of the bill provides that, in addition to applying to all persons serving as mayors on or after the effective date, it also would apply to all persons who served as mayors prior to the effective date.
