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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 2600
          Author:   Ma (D), et al
          Amended:  8/31/10 in Senate
          Vote:     27 - Urgency

           
           ALL PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT 
           

           SUBJECT  :    Marriage:  solemnization

          SOURCE  :     Mayor, City of Los Angeles 


           DIGEST  :     Senate Floor Amendments  of 8/20/10 deleted the  
          entire contents of the bill.  These amendments now  
          constitute the bill.  This bill now authorizes elected  
          mayors to solemnize marriages while that person holds  
          office, and requires that the mayor obtain and review from  
          the county clerk all available instructions for marriage  
          solemnization before the mayor first solemnizes a marriage.

           Senate Floor Amendments  of 8/31/10 add language to avoid  
          chaptering problems with SB 906 (Leno).

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law provides that a marriage may be  
          solemnized by authorized persons of any religious  
          denomination, by specified legislators, constitutional  
          officers, and California Members of Congress, while those  
          persons are currently holding that office, and by specified  
          justices, judges, and magistrates, both current and  
          retired.

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          This bill authorizes an elected mayor of a city, while that  
          person holds that office, to solemnize a marriage ceremony,  
          and requires the mayor to obtain and review from the county  
          clerk all available instructions for marriage solemnization  
          before the mayor first solemnizes a marriage.

          The provisions of this bill were contained in a prior  
          version of AB 1265 (Ma).  Those provisions were amended out  
          when this bill became the Drinking Water Supply Act of  
          2012.  The AB 1265 Senate Floor Analysis of September 4,  
          2009, indicated the following:

            "Currently, mayors must be deputized by county clerks  
            before performing each ceremony.  At least 13 other  
            states currently authorize mayors to solemnize marriages,  
            including Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New  
            York.  This bill would authorize elected mayors of  
            charter cities to perform marriages just as state  
            legislators, officers and justices currently do.  It  
            would streamline the authorization process, relieve  
            counties' caseloads, and provide citizens with more  
            options as they choose their wedding officiants."

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No    
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/31/10)

          Mayor, City of Los Angeles (source) 


          RJG:mw  8/31/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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