SB 290
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AN ACT
RELATING TO MARRIAGE LICENSING FEES; RAISING MARRIAGE
LICENSING FEES; ADJUSTING THE DISPOSITION OF FEES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 40-1-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1957,
Chapter 33, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
"40-1-11. FEES--DISPOSITION.--
A. The county clerk shall receive a fee of
fifty-five dollars ($55.00) for issuing, acknowledging and
recording a marriage license and marriage certificate.
B. Fees collected pursuant to Subsection A of this
section shall be deposited in the county clerk recording and
filing fund; provided that the county treasurer shall remit
the fees collected within fifteen days of the last day of
each month as follows:
(1) fifteen dollars ($15.00) of each fee
shall be remitted to the county general fund;
(2) twenty dollars ($20.00) of each fee shall
be remitted to the state treasurer for credit to the
children's trust fund; and
(3) twenty dollars ($20.00) of each fee
shall be retained by the county clerk."