HF 3937

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to marriage; reducing the fee for a marriage 
  1.3             license; changing its distribution; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 1998, section 517.08, subdivisions 1b and 1c. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 517.08, 
  1.7   subdivision 1b, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subd. 1b.  [TERM OF LICENSE; FEE.] The court administrator 
  1.9   shall examine upon oath the party applying for a license 
  1.10  relative to the legality of the contemplated marriage.  If at 
  1.11  the expiration of a five-day period, on being satisfied that 
  1.12  there is no legal impediment to it, the court administrator 
  1.13  shall issue the license, containing the full names of the 
  1.14  parties before and after marriage, and county and state of 
  1.15  residence, with the district court seal attached, and make a 
  1.16  record of the date of issuance.  The license shall be valid for 
  1.17  a period of six months.  In case of emergency or extraordinary 
  1.18  circumstances, a judge of the district court of the county in 
  1.19  which the application is made, may authorize the license to be 
  1.20  issued at any time before the expiration of the five days.  The 
  1.21  court administrator shall collect from the applicant a fee of 
  1.22  $70 $10 for administering the oath, issuing, recording, and 
  1.23  filing all papers required, and preparing and transmitting to 
  1.24  the state registrar of vital statistics the reports of marriage 
  1.25  required by this section.  If the license should not be used 
  2.1   within the period of six months due to illness or other 
  2.2   extenuating circumstances, it may be surrendered to the court 
  2.3   administrator for cancellation, and in that case a new license 
  2.4   shall issue upon request of the parties of the original license 
  2.5   without fee.  A court administrator who knowingly issues or 
  2.6   signs a marriage license in any manner other than as provided in 
  2.7   this section shall pay to the parties aggrieved an amount not to 
  2.8   exceed $1,000. 
  2.9      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 517.08, 
  2.10  subdivision 1c, is amended to read: 
  2.11     Subd. 1c.  [DISPOSITION OF LICENSE FEE.] Of the marriage 
  2.12  license fee collected pursuant to subdivision 1b, the court 
  2.13  administrator shall pay $55 $5 to the state treasurer to be 
  2.14  deposited as follows: 
  2.15     (1) $50 in the general fund; 
  2.16     (2) $3 in the special revenue fund to be appropriated to 
  2.17  the commissioner of children, families, and learning for 
  2.18  supervised visitation facilities under section 119A.37; and 
  2.19     (3) (2) $2 in the special revenue fund to be appropriated 
  2.20  to the commissioner of health for developing and implementing 
  2.21  the MN ENABL program under section 145.9255. 
  2.22     Sec. 3. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.23     Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 2000.