Amended in Senate March 8, 2016

Senate Bill No. 875

Introduced by Senator Gaines

January 14, 2016

An act to amend Section begin delete 21000 end delete begin insert 400.1 end insert of the begin delete Financial end delete begin insert Family end insert Code, relating to begin delete pawnbrokers. end delete begin insert marriage. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 875, as amended, Gaines. begin delete Pawnbrokers: definition. end delete begin insert Solemnization of marriage: county sheriff. end insert

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Existing law authorizes specified individuals to solemnize a marriage, including, among others, an authorized person of any religious denomination, a judge or magistrate, a legislator or constitutional officer of this state, and a Member of Congress who represents a district within this state, as specified.

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Existing law additionally authorizes a county supervisor, a city clerk, and a mayor, as specified, to solemnize a marriage, while that person holds office. Existing law requires the county supervisor, city clerk, or mayor to obtain and review from the county clerk all available instructions for marriage solemnization before that person first solemnizes a marriage.

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This bill would additionally authorize a county sheriff to solemnize a marriage and would impose the above requirements for a county supervisor, city clerk, or mayor on the county sheriff.

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Existing law regulates pawnbrokers by, among other things, limiting the maximum monthly rates a pawnbroker may charge and requiring specific posted disclosures of those rates. A knowing violation of the laws regulating pawnbrokers is a crime.

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This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the definition of a pawnbroker.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 400.1 of the end insert begin insert Family Code end insert begin insert is amended to
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400.1.  

In addition to the persons specified in Section 400,
marriage may also be solemnized by a county supervisor, begin insert a county
sheriff, end insert 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, begin delete the end delete begin insert county sheriff, end insert city clerk,
or mayor shall obtain and review from the county clerk all available
instructions for marriage solemnization before the county
supervisor, begin delete the end delete begin insert county sheriff, end insert city clerk, or mayor first solemnizes
a marriage.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 21000 of the Financial Code is amended
to read:

21000.  

A person engaged in the business of receiving goods,
including, but not limited to, motor vehicles, in pledge as security
for a loan is a pawnbroker within the meaning of this division.

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