PRINTER'S NO. 237
No. 204 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY PICKETT, MAJOR, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, COHEN,
CURRY, DALEY, GEIST, HENNESSEY, HESS, JAMES, MILLARD, MUNDY,
PHILLIPS, RAPP, RUBLEY, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, SWANGER AND
YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 5, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 5, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for persons
3 qualified to solemnize marriages.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1503(a) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
8 § 1503. Persons qualified to solemnize marriages.
9 (a) General rule.--The following are authorized to solemnize
10 marriages between persons that produce a marriage license issued
11 under this part:
12 * * *
13 (7) A Native American chief or other Native American
14 official authorized or appointed to perform ceremonial
15 duties.
16 * * *
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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