BILL NUMBER: SB 991	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 14, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 25, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 8, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Runner and Wright

                        FEBRUARY 1, 2012

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



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 991, 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.



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.