BILL NUMBER: SB 1364	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 2, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 18, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 5, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Battin

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2006

   An act to add Section 351.5 to the Family Code, relating to
marriage licenses.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1364, as amended, Battin  Marriage licenses:  public
safety officials and peace officers   address
information  .
   Existing law provides for the issuance of certificates of registry
of marriage and marriage licenses  , and imposes duties on
county clerks in that regard, as specified  . Existing law
requires that a certificate of registry and a marriage license show
the identity of the parties to the marriage, the parties' real and
full names, places of residence, and ages, and one or more witness
attestations and the witnesses' name and place of residence.
   This bill would except from the requirement that a certificate of
registry and a marriage license show the parties' or witnesses'
places of residence, upon request by an applicant or witness 
who is a public safety official, as defined, or is a parole or
probation officer. Upon that request, the bill would require the
county clerk to require reasonable documentation that the applicant
or witness is a public safety official or a parole or probation
officer. By adding to the duties of county employees in that regard,
the bill would impose a state-mandated local program   ,
  and would instead require the certificate of registry
show the business address or post office box of that person  .

  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  yes
  no  . State-mandated local program:  yes
  no  .


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 351.5 is added to the Family Code, to read:
   351.5.   (a)    Notwithstanding
subdivision (b) of Section 351 or 359 of this code, or Section 103175
of the Health and Safety Code, if either of the applicants for, or
any witness to, a certificate of registry of marriage and a marriage
license  is a public safety official, as defined in Section
6254.24 of the Government Code, or a parole or probation officer, as
described in Section 830.5 of the Penal Code, at the request of that
applicant or witness, the certificate of registry and the license
shall not show the places of residence of the parties or that
witness.  
   (b) A county clerk shall require reasonable documentation that the
applicant or witness is a public safety official, or a parole or
probation officer, whenever an applicant requests that a certificate
of registry and license be issued, or a witness is required to attest
to the certificate of registry and license, pursuant to subdivision
(a).  
   SEC. 2.    If the Commission on State
Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the
state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those
costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section
17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. 
 requests, the certificate of registry and the marriage license
shall show the business address or United States Postal Service post
office box for that applica   nt or witness instead of the
residential address of that person.