Amendment AA2-AB457

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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 2, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 457

January 3, 2020 - Offered by Representative Wittke.

AB457-AA2,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB457-AA2,1,2 1. Page 4, line 1: before that line insert:

AB457-AA2,1,3 “ Section 4m. 765.09 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB457-AA2,1,5 765.09 (3) (c) For purposes of par. (b), the clerk shall have discretion to determine whether a document is unobtainable.”.

AB457-AA2,1,6 2. Page 4, line 11: after that line insert:

AB457-AA2,1,7 “ Section 5m. 765.13 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB457-AA2,2,8 765.13 Form of marriage document. The marriage document shall consist of the marriage license and the marriage license worksheet. The marriage license shall contain a notification of the time limits of the authorization to marry, a notation that the issue of the marriage license shall not be deemed to remove or dispense with any legal disability, impediment or prohibition rendering marriage between the parties illegal, and the signature of the county clerk, who shall acquire the information for the marriage document and enter it in its proper place when the marriage license is issued. The marriage license worksheet shall contain the social security number of each party who has a social security number, as well as any other information items that the department of health services determines are necessary and shall agree in the main with the standard form recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics. The county clerk shall transmit the marriage license worksheet to the state registrar within 5 days after the date of issuance of the marriage license.”.

AB457-AA2,2,9 3. Page 4, line 20: after that line insert:

AB457-AA2,2,10 “ Section 6m. 765.19 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB457-AA2,2,16 765.19 Delivery and filing of marriage document. The marriage document, legibly and completely filled out with unfading black ink, shall be returned by the officiating person, or, in the case of a marriage ceremony performed without an officiating person, then by the parties to the marriage contract, or either of them, to the register of deeds of the any county in which the marriage was performed this state within 3 days after the date of the marriage.”.

AB457-AA2,2,17 4. Page 6, line 2: after that line insert:

AB457-AA2,2,18 “ Section 8m. 765.30 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB457-AA2,2,24 765.30 (4) (a) Penalty for failure to file marriage certificate. Every officiating person, or persons marrying without the presence of an officiating person, as provided by s. 765.16 (1m) (c), who neglect or refuse to transmit the original marriage certificate, solemnized by the officiating person or the persons marrying, to the register of deeds of the any county in which the marriage was performed this state within 3 days after the date of the marriage.”.

AB457-AA2,3,1 5. Page 6, line 8: after that line insert:

AB457-AA2,3,2 “ Section 10. Effective date.

AB457-AA2,3,3 (1) This act takes effect on July 1, 2021.”.

AB457-AA2,3,4 (End)