SF 3142

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/28/2023 03:12pm

A bill for an act
relating to civil marriage; allowing legislators to solemnize civil marriage; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 517.04.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, 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.