A01005
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1008
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY PYLE, CALTAGIRONE, J. HARRIS, D. COSTA, MILLARD,
V. BROWN AND GROVE, MARCH 28, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 28, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in marriage ceremony, further
providing for persons qualified to solemnize marriages.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1503(a)(5.1) of Title 23 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 1503. Persons qualified to solemnize marriages.
(a) General rule.--The following are authorized to solemnize
marriages between persons that produce a marriage license issued
under this part:
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(5.1) A former mayor of a city or borough of this
Commonwealth who:
(i) has not been defeated for reelection;
(ii) has not been convicted of, pleaded nolo
contendere to or agreed to an Accelerated Rehabilitative
Disposition or other probation without verdict program
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relative to a misdemeanor or felony offense under the
laws of this Commonwealth or an equivalent offense under
the laws of the United States or any one of its
possessions, another state, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a foreign nation;
(iii) has not resigned the position of mayor to
avoid having charges filed or to avoid prosecution by
Federal, State or local law enforcement agencies;
(iv) has served as a mayor, whether continuously or
(iv) has either:
(A) served as a mayor, whether continuously or
not, by election for an aggregate of a full term in
office; [and]
(v) has resigned the position of mayor without
or;
(B) resigned the position of mayor without
completing a full term in office in order to hold a
new Federal, State or local office; and
[(v)] (vi) is a resident of this Commonwealth.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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