Bill Text: NY S07249 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes towns and cities to elect to waive their fees for marriage certificates when either applicant is a member of the United States armed forces on active duty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-05 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S07249 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S07249-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7249 IN SENATE January 5, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- 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. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01149-06-8
