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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 5443 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000207 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- SOLEMNIZATION OF MAR RIAGES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Ajello, Knight, Batista, J. Lombardi, Kislak, Shallcross |
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| 17 | 17 | | Smith, Cruz, Handy, Tanzi, and Felix |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 08, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Judiciary |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 15-3-12 of the General Laws in Chapter 15-3 entitled "Solemnization 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of Marriages" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 15-3-12. Endorsement and return of license. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) Every minister, elder, justice, warden, or other person who joins any persons in 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | marriage, shall: 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b)(1) Endorse the “License and Certificate of Marriage” form, prescribed pursuant to § 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 15-2-7, presented to him or her by the persons, as provided in § 15-3-7, and certify that the persons 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | have been joined in marriage by him or her in accordance with the laws of the state of Rhode Island; 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | and 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c)(2) Complete all the information on the “License and Certificate of Marriage” and file 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the form within seventy-two (72) hours two (2) business days following the date of the marriage 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | with the clerk in the town or city from which the license was issued; provided, that a filed form that 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | is mailed and postmarked within the time specified shall be deemed to have been filed in a timely 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | manner. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LC000207 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 45 | 45 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 46 | 46 | | OF |
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| 47 | 47 | | A N A C T |
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| 48 | 48 | | RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- SOLEMNIZATION OF MAR RIAGES |
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| 49 | 49 | | *** |
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| 50 | 50 | | This act would require returns of a marriage certificate to be filed within two (2) business 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | days after the ceremony, and would validate the common practice of filing the return by mail. 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | LC000207 |
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