BILL NUMBER: AB 1525	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  450
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 19, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 19, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 13, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 16, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lowenthal

                        JANUARY 17, 2014

   An act to amend Section 400.1 of the Family Code, relating to
marriage.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1525, Lowenthal. Marriage: solemnization.
   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, by
specified justices, judges, and magistrates, both current and
retired, by the county clerk, and by a county supervisor or an
elected city mayor, as specified.
   This bill would additionally authorize a city clerk to solemnize a
marriage.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 400.1 of the Family Code is amended to read:
   400.1.  In addition to the persons specified in Section 400,
marriage may also be solemnized by a county supervisor, the city
clerk of a charter city or serving in accordance with subdivision (b)
of Section 36501 of the Government Code, or a mayor of a city
elected in accordance with Article 3 (commencing with Section 34900)
of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 4 of the Government
Code, while that person holds office. The county supervisor, the city
clerk, or mayor shall obtain and review from the county clerk all
available instructions for marriage solemnization before the county
supervisor, the city clerk, or mayor first solemnizes a marriage.