1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to marriage; changing and clarifying certain terms and procedures; 
1.3 	requiring certain fees;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 517.03, 
1.4 	subdivision 2; 517.05; 517.07; 517.08, subdivision 1a; 517.10; 517.13.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 517.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Developmentally disabled persons; consent by commissioner of 
1.8 	human services. Developmentally disabled persons committed to the guardianship of 
1.9 	the commissioner of human services and developmentally disabled persons committed 
1.10 	to the conservatorship of the commissioner of human services in which the terms of 
1.11 	the conservatorship limit the right to marry, may marry on receipt of written consent 
1.12 	of the commissioner. The commissioner shall grant consent unless it appears from the 
1.13 	commissioner's investigation that the marriage is not in the best interest of the ward or 
1.14 	conservatee and the public. The court administrator of the district courtlocal registrar in 
1.15 	the county where the application for a license is made by the ward or conservatee shall 
1.16 	not issue the license unless the court administratorlocal registrar has received a signed 
1.17 	copy of the consent of the commissioner of human services.

1.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 517.05, is amended to read:
1.19 	517.05 CREDENTIALS OF MINISTER.
1.20 	Ministers of any religious denomination, before they are authorized to solemnize a 
1.21 	marriage, shall file a copy of their credentials of license or ordination with the court 
1.22 	administrator of the district courtlocal registrar of a county in this state, who shall record 
1.23 	the same and give a certificate thereof. The local registrar shall collect from the registrant 
2.1 	a fee of $20 for issuing a certificate of filing, recording and filing all papers required, and 
2.2 	maintaining an index. The filing fee must be deposited into the county's general fund. The 
2.3 	place where the credentials are recorded shall be endorsed upon and recorded with each 
2.4 	certificate of marriage granted by a minister.

2.5 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 517.07, is amended to read:
2.6 	517.07 LICENSE.
2.7 	Before any persons are joined in marriage in Minnesota, a license shallmust be 
2.8 	obtained from the local registrar of any county within Minnesota. The marriage need not 
2.9 	take place in the county where the license is obtained, but must take place within the 
2.10 	geographical borders of Minnesota.

2.11 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 517.08, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
2.12 		Subd. 1a.Form. Application for a marriage license shall be made upon a form 
2.13 	provided for the purpose and shall containboth of the parties must certify to   the following 
2.14 	information:
2.15 	(1) the full names of the parties and the sex of each party;
2.16 	(2) their post office addresses and county and state of residence;
2.17 	(3) their full ages;
2.18 	(4) if either party has previously been married, the party's married name, and the 
2.19 	date, place and court in which the marriage was dissolved or annulled or the date and 
2.20 	place of death of the former spouse;
2.21 	(5) if either party is a minor, the name and address of the minor's parents or guardian;
2.22 	(6) whether the parties are related to each other, and, if so, their relationship;
2.23 	(7) the name and date of birth of any child of which both parties are parents, born 
2.24 	before the making of the application, unless their parental rights and the parent and child 
2.25 	relationship with respect to the child have been terminated;
2.26 	(8) address of the bride and groom after the marriage to which the court administrator
2.27 	local registrar  shall send a certified copy of the marriage certificate;
2.28 	(9) the full names the parties will have after marriage and the parties' Social Security 
2.29 	numbers. The Social Security numbers must be collected for the application but must not 
2.30 	appear on the marriage license. If a party does not have a Social Security number, the 
2.31 	party must certify in the application, or a supplement to the application, that the party 
2.32 	does not have a Social Security number;
2.33 	(10) if one or both of the parties to the marriage license has a felony conviction 
2.34 	under Minnesota law or the law of another state or federal jurisdiction, the parties shall 
3.1 	provide to the county proof of service upon the prosecuting authority and, if applicable, 
3.2 	the attorney general, as required by section 259.13; and 
3.3 	(11) notice that a party who has a felony conviction under Minnesota law or the law 
3.4 	of another state or federal jurisdiction may not use a different surnamename after marriage 
3.5 	except as authorized by section 259.13, and that doing so is a gross misdemeanor. 

3.6 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 517.10, is amended to read:
3.7 	517.10 CERTIFICATE; WITNESSES.
3.8 	The person solemnizing a marriage shall prepare and sign three certificates thereof
3.9 	a marriage certificate. EachThe certificate shallmust contain the full names before and 
3.10 	after marriage and county and state of residences of the parties and the date and place of 
3.11 	the marriage. EachThe certificate shallmust also contain the signatures of at least two 
3.12 	of the witnesses present at the marriage who shallmust be at least 16 years of age. The 
3.13 	person solemnizing the marriage shall give each of the parties one such certificate, and
3.14 	shall immediately make a record of suchthe marriage, and file one suchthe certificate 
3.15 	with the local registrar of the district court ofin the county in which the license was issued 
3.16 	within five days after the ceremony. The local registrar shall record such the certificate 
3.17 	in a book kept for that purpose. in the county marriage records.

3.18 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 517.13, is amended to read:
3.19 	517.13 PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO DELIVER AND FILE CERTIFICATE.
3.20 	Every person solemnizing a marriage who neglects to deliver tofile with the local 
3.21 	registrar a certificate within the time set forth in section 517.10 shall forfeit a sum 
3.22 	not exceeding $100, and every local registrar who neglects to record a certificate shall 
3.23 	forfeit a like sum.