Bill Text: NJ A3341 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases total marriage license and civilian license fees from $28 to $50; allocates $25 to municipality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-10-07 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee [A3341 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A3341-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN F. MCKEON
District 27 (Essex)
Assemblywoman CONNIE WAGNER
District 38 (Bergen)
SYNOPSIS
Increases total marriage license and civil union license fees from $28 to $50; allocates $25 to municipality.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning marriage license and civil union license fees and amending R.S.37:1-12.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. R.S.37:1-12 is amended to read as follows:
37:1-12. For issuing a marriage or civil union license, the licensing officer shall be entitled to receive from the applicants the sum of [three dollars ($3.00)] $25.
(cf: P.L.2006, c.102, s.14)
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month next following enactment.
STATEMENT
Current law requires marriage license and civil union license applicants to pay a total of $28 in fees to the licensing officer. Pursuant to R.S.37:1-12, $3 of the total amount is allocated to the municipality issuing the license. Pursuant to R.S.37:1-12.1, an additional $25 is allocated to the Department of Human Services. This bill increases the municipality's income from marriage license and civil union license fees to $25, in effect increasing the total amount of these fees to $50.
