BILL NUMBER: AB 445	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 23, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alejo

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to amend Section 400 of the Family Code, relating to
marriage.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 445, as amended, Alejo.  Marriage.
   Existing law enumerates persons who are authorized to solemnize a
marriage, including any priest, minister, rabbi, or authorized person
of any religious denomination.
   This bill would add a tribal court judge who has been authorized
by tribal ordinance to solemnize marriages.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  yes
  no  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 400 of the Family Code is amended to read:
   400.  Although marriage is a personal relation arising out of a
civil, and not a religious, contract, a marriage may be solemnized by
any of the following who is 18 years of age or older:
   (a) A priest, minister, rabbi, or authorized person of any
religious denomination. A person authorized by this subdivision shall
not be required to solemnize a marriage that is contrary to the
tenets of his or her faith. Any refusal to solemnize a marriage under
this subdivision, either by an individual or by a religious
denomination, shall not affect the tax-exempt status of any entity.
   (b) A judge or retired judge, commissioner of civil marriages or
retired commissioner of civil marriages, commissioner or retired
commissioner, or assistant commissioner of a court of record in this
state.
   (c) A judge or magistrate who has resigned from office.
   (d) Any of the following judges or magistrates of the United
States:
   (1) A justice or retired justice of the United States Supreme
Court.
   (2) A judge or retired judge of a court of appeals, a district
court, or a court created by an act of Congress the judges of which
are entitled to hold office during good behavior.
   (3) A judge or retired judge of a bankruptcy court or a tax court.

   (4) A United States magistrate or retired magistrate.
   (e) A legislator or constitutional officer of this state or a
Member of Congress who represents a district within this state, while
that person holds office.
   (f) A tribal court judge  who   that 
has been authorized by tribal ordinance to solemnize marriages.