Bill Text: NY A03052 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Waives the twenty-four hour waiting period for solemnizing a marriage after a license is issued for persons serving in the armed forces.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - referred to judiciary [A03052 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A03052-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3052
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 23, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. REILICH, RAIA, FINCH, OAKS, McDONOUGH, BARCLAY,
         KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BUTLER, FITZPATRICK, THIELE  --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
       AN  ACT  to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to waiving the
         waiting period for solemnizing a marriage for  members  of  the  armed
         services and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 13-c of the domestic relations law is REPEALED  and
    2  a new section 13-c is added to read as follows:
    3    S  13-C. TWENTY-FOUR HOUR PROVISION WAIVED IN CERTAIN CASES.  NOTWITH-
    4  STANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION THIRTEEN-B OF  THIS  ARTICLE  OR  ANY
    5  OTHER  PROVISION  OF LAW, WHERE EITHER OF THE PARTIES MAKING APPLICATION
    6  FOR A MARRIAGE LICENSE PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE,  IS
    7  A  MEMBER  OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, THE MARRIAGE OF THE
    8  PARTIES  MAY  BE  SOLEMNIZED  WITHOUT  WAITING  FOR  THE  LAPSE  OF  THE
    9  TWENTY-FOUR  HOUR PERIOD REQUIRED BY SECTION THIRTEEN-B OF THIS ARTICLE.
   10  PROOF THAT THE APPLICANT IS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF  THE  UNITED
   11  STATES  SHALL  BE  FURNISHED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE OFFICIAL ISSUING
   12  THE MARRIAGE LICENSE. EVERY LICENSE TO  MARRY  ISSUED  PURSUANT  TO  THE
   13  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION MUST STATE THE DAY AND HOUR THE LICENSE IS
   14  ISSUED AND SHALL CONTAIN A RECITAL THAT IT IS  ISSUED  PURSUANT  TO  THE
   15  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION  AND THAT THE PARTIES NAMED THEREIN MAY BE
   16  MARRIED AT ANY TIME AFTER SUCH DAY AND HOUR AND WITHIN SIXTY DAYS THERE-
   17  AFTER.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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