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ACT No. 286
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 1049
BY REPRESENTATIVE STUART BISHOP AND SENATOR CORTEZ
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 9:203(E)(10), relative to judges of a court of the United States; to authorize2
federal judges in certain municipalities to perform marriage ceremonies; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 9:203(E)(10) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง203. Officiant; judges and justices of the peace7
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E.9
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(10) A judge of a court of the United States whose official duty station11
includes a municipality having a population in excess of one hundred five thousand12
but less than one hundred thirty thousand persons according to the latest decennial13
census may perform marriage ceremonies within his official duty station. The14
authority granted by this Paragraph shall be effective only from August 1, 2012,15
through September 1, 2012.16
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: