Amendment No. 700

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 512 First Reprint (BDR 11-630)

Proposed by: Senator Raggio

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date | SENATE ACTION Initial and Date

Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost

Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not

Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend sec. 4, page 2, by deleting lines 40 through 42 and inserting:

"than 20 marriage ceremonies in commissioner townships if he does not accept any fee, gratuity, gift, honorarium or anything of value for or in connection with solemnizing the marriage [.] other than a nonmonetary gift that is of nominal value.".

Amend sec. 4, page 3, by deleting lines 2 through 9 and inserting:

"20 marriage ceremonies in this state if he does not accept any fee, gratuity, gift, honorarium or anything of value for or in connection with solemnizing the marriage [.] other than a nonmonetary gift that is of nominal value.

5. Any justice of the peace who performs a marriage ceremony in a commissioner township or any municipal judge who performs a marriage ceremony in this state and who , in violation of this section, accepts any fee, gratuity, gift, honorarium or anything of value for or in connection with solemnizing the marriage is guilty of a misdemeanor.".

Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 6.

Amend the title of the bill, by deleting the first and second lines and inserting:

"AN ACT relating to marriage; authorizing a justice of the peace and municipal judge to accept certain gifts in connection with solemnizing a marriage;".