(2) IF AN APPLICANT IS A MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
NATIONAL GUARD OR OTHER RESERVE COMPONENT OF THE ARMED FORCES
OF THE UNITED STATES AND IS CALLED OR ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY
WITH THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.]
SECTION 2. SECTIONS 1307 AND 1503(A)(5.1) OF TITLE 23 ARE
AMENDED TO READ:
§ 1307. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.
THE MARRIAGE LICENSE SHALL BE ISSUED [IF IT APPEARS FROM]
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SUBMISSION OF PROPERLY COMPLETED
APPLICATIONS ON BEHALF OF EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THE PROPOSED
MARRIAGE [THAT] IF THERE IS NO LEGAL OBJECTION TO THE MARRIAGE.
[EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY SECTION 1303(B) (RELATING TO WAITING
PERIOD AFTER APPLICATION), THE LICENSE SHALL NOT BE ISSUED PRIOR
TO THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING THE DATE OF THE MOST RECENT OF THE
TWO APPLICATIONS THEREFOR.]
§ 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:
* * *
(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
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
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