HF 3573

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/24/2016 02:24pm

A bill for an act
relating to civil marriage; allowing legislators to solemnize civil marriages;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 517.04.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 517.04, is amended to read:

517.04 PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM CIVIL MARRIAGES.

Civil marriages may be solemnized throughout the state by an individual who has
attained the age of 21 years and is a judge of a court of record, a retired judge of a court of
record, a court administrator, a retired court administrator with the approval of the chief
judge of the judicial district, a former court commissioner who is employed by the court
system or is acting pursuant to an order of the chief judge of the commissioner's judicial
district, new text begin a current member of the legislature who has subscribed to the oath of office, new text end the
residential school superintendent of the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf and the
Minnesota State Academy for the Blind, a licensed or ordained minister of any religious
denomination, or by any mode recognized in section 517.18. For purposes of this section,
a court of record includes the Office of Administrative Hearings under section 14.48.