PRINTER'S NO. 1592
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1296
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, READSHAW, MILLARD, KINSEY, ROZZI,
D. COSTA, PASHINSKI, V. BROWN, MATZIE, WARREN AND GILLEN,
APRIL 27, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 27, 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)(2) and (5.1) of Title 23 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are 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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(2) A former or retired justice, judge or magisterial
district judge of this Commonwealth who is serving as a
senior judge or senior magisterial district judge as provided
or prescribed by law; or not serving as a senior judge or
senior magisterial district judge but meets the following
criteria:
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(i) has served as a magisterial district judge,
judge or justice[, whether or not continuously or on the
same court,] by election or appointment [for an aggregate
period equaling a full term of office];
(ii) has not been defeated for reelection or
retention;
(iii) has not been convicted of, pleaded nolo
contendere to or agreed to an Accelerated Rehabilitative
Disposition or other probation without verdict program
relative to any misdemeanor or felony offense under the
laws of this Commonwealth or an equivalent offense under
the laws of the United States or one of its territories
or possessions, another state, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a foreign nation;
(iv) has not resigned a judicial commission to avoid
having charges filed or to avoid prosecution by Federal,
State or local law enforcement agencies or by the
Judicial Conduct Board;
(v) has not been removed from office by the Court of
Judicial Discipline; and
(vi) is a resident of this Commonwealth.
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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
relative to a misdemeanor or felony offense under the
laws of this Commonwealth or an equivalent offense under
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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
not,] by election [for an aggregate of a full term in
office]; and
(v) is a resident of this Commonwealth.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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