BILL NUMBER: SB 875	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 8, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Gaines

                        JANUARY 14, 2016

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 875, as amended, Gaines.  Pawnbrokers: definition.
  Solemnization of marriage: county sheriff.  
   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.  
   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.  
   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. 

   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. 

   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the definition of a
pawnbroker. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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,  a county
sheriff,  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   county sheriff,
 city clerk, or mayor shall obtain and review from the county
clerk all available instructions for marriage solemnization before
the county supervisor,  the   county sheriff,
 city clerk, or mayor first solemnizes a marriage. 
  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.