BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2600
Author: Ma (D), et al
Amended: 8/31/10 in Senate
Vote: 27 - Urgency
ALL PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
SUBJECT : Marriage: solemnization
SOURCE : Mayor, City of Los Angeles
DIGEST : Senate Floor Amendments of 8/20/10 deleted the
entire contents of the bill. These amendments now
constitute the bill. This bill now authorizes elected
mayors to solemnize marriages while that person holds
office, and requires that the mayor obtain and review from
the county clerk all available instructions for marriage
solemnization before the mayor first solemnizes a marriage.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/31/10 add language to avoid
chaptering problems with SB 906 (Leno).
ANALYSIS : 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, and by specified
justices, judges, and magistrates, both current and
retired.
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This bill authorizes an elected mayor of a city, while that
person holds that office, to solemnize a marriage ceremony,
and requires the mayor to obtain and review from the county
clerk all available instructions for marriage solemnization
before the mayor first solemnizes a marriage.
The provisions of this bill were contained in a prior
version of AB 1265 (Ma). Those provisions were amended out
when this bill became the Drinking Water Supply Act of
2012. The AB 1265 Senate Floor Analysis of September 4,
2009, indicated the following:
"Currently, mayors must be deputized by county clerks
before performing each ceremony. At least 13 other
states currently authorize mayors to solemnize marriages,
including Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New
York. This bill would authorize elected mayors of
charter cities to perform marriages just as state
legislators, officers and justices currently do. It
would streamline the authorization process, relieve
counties' caseloads, and provide citizens with more
options as they choose their wedding officiants."
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/31/10)
Mayor, City of Los Angeles (source)
RJG:mw 8/31/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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