Bill Text: NY S06808 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6808 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Waives the state fee for marriage licenses when either party making application for such marriage license is a member of the United States armed forces on active duty and authorizes towns and cities to elect to waive their fees for marriage licenses and certificates when either applicant is a member of the United States armed forces on active duty.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-24 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S06808 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06808-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6808
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 24, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to  waiving  the
          fee for marriage licenses for active duty members of the armed forces
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 14-a  of  the  domestic  relations
     2  law,  as  amended by chapter 297 of the laws of 1963, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    3. a. No fee shall be charged for any certificate when required by the
     5  veterans administration or by the division of veterans' affairs  of  the
     6  state  of  New  York  to  be  used in determining the eligibility of any
     7  person to participate in the benefits made  available  by  the  veterans
     8  administration or by the state of New York.
     9    b.  A  town  or city may elect to waive the fee for a certificate when
    10  either of the parties making  application  for  such  certificate  is  a
    11  member of the armed forces of the United States on active duty.
    12    §  2.  Subdivision  3  of section 15 of the domestic relations law, as
    13  amended by section 5 of part W-2 of chapter 62 of the laws of  2003,  is
    14  amended to read as follows:
    15    3.  If it shall appear upon an application for a marriage license that
    16  either party is under the age of sixteen years, the town or  city  clerk
    17  shall require, in addition to any consents provided for in this section,
    18  the written approval and consent of a justice of the supreme court or of
    19  a  judge  of the family court, having jurisdiction over the town or city
    20  in which the application is made, to be attached to or endorsed upon the
    21  application, before the license is  issued.  The  application  for  such
    22  approval and consent shall be heard by the judge at chambers. All papers
    23  and  records  pertaining  to any such application shall be sealed by him
    24  and withheld from inspection, except by order of a  court  of  competent
    25  jurisdiction.  Before issuing any licenses herein provided for, the town
    26  or city clerk shall be entitled to a fee of thirty  dollars,  which  sum
    27  shall  be  paid  by  the applicants before or at the time the license is
    28  issued; provided, however, that a town or city may elect to  waive  such
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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