BILL NUMBER: SB 991	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 8, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Runner and Wright

                        FEBRUARY 1, 2012

   An act to amend Section  400   400.1  of
the Family Code, relating to marriage.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 991, as amended, Runner. Marriage: solemnization.
   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, by
specified justices, judges, and magistrates, both current and
retired, by the county clerk, and by an elected city mayor, as
specified.  Existing law requires an elected mayor to obtain and
review from the county clerk all available instructions for marriage
solemnization before first solemnizing a marriage. 
   This bill would additionally authorize a county supervisor to
solemnize a marriage  and would also   impose the above-
  described requirements for the elected mayor on the
county supervisor  .
   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 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 or  mayor shall obtain and review from the
county clerk all available instructions for marriage solemnization
before the  county supervisor or  mayor first solemnizes a
marriage. 
  SECTION 1.    Section 400 of the Family Code is
amended to read:
   400.  Marriage may be solemnized by any of the following who is of
the age of 18 years or older:
   (a) A priest, minister, rabbi, or authorized person of any
religious denomination.
   (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, a Member
of Congress who represents a district within this state, or a county
supervisor, while that person holds office.