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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES | |
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Introduced By: Senators Lombardi, Jabour, Gallo, Lynch, and Archambault | |
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Date Introduced: February 13, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 15-3-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 15-3 entitled "Solemnization |
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of Marriages" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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15-3-5. Officials empowered to join persons in marriage. -- Every ordained clergy or |
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elder in good standing, every justice of the supreme court, superior court, family court, workers' |
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compensation court, district court or traffic tribunal, the clerk of the supreme court, every clerk or |
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general chief clerk of a superior court, family court, district court, or traffic tribunal, magistrates, |
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special or general magistrates of the superior court, family court, traffic tribunal or district court, |
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administrative clerks of the district court, administrators of the workers' compensation court, |
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every justice of the peace, every former justice or judge and former administrator of these courts |
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and every former chief clerk of the district court, and every former clerk or general chief clerk of |
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a superior court, the secretary of the senate, elected clerks of the general assembly, any former |
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secretary of the senate or any former elected clerk of the general assembly who retires after July |
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1, 2007, judges of the United States appointed pursuant to Article III of the United States |
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Constitution, bankruptcy judges appointed pursuant to Article I of the United States Constitution, |
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and United States magistrate judges appointed pursuant to federal law, may join persons in |
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marriage in any city or town in this state; and every justice and every former justice of the |
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municipal courts of the cities and towns in this state and of the police court of the town of |
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Johnston and every probate judge and every former probate judge may join persons in marriage in |
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any city or town in this state, and wardens of the town of New Shoreham may join persons in |
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marriage in New Shoreham. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would authorize and empower justices of the peace to join persons in marriage. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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