H1008B1167A01186 SFR:NLG 05/08/17 #90 A01186
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1008
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE PETRARCA
Printer's No. 1167
Amend Bill, page 1, line 2, by inserting after "Statutes,"
in marriage license, repealing provisions relating to waiting
period after application and further providing for issuance
of license; and,
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 6 and 7, by striking out all of
said lines and inserting
Section 1. Section 1303 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is repealed:
[§ 1303. Waiting period after application.
(a) General rule.--No marriage license shall be issued prior
to the third day following the making of application therefor.
(b) Exceptions.--The court may authorize a license to be
issued at any time after the making of the application in the
following cases:
(1) In case of emergency or extraordinary circumstances.
(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.]
Amend Bill, page 2, line 17, by striking out "2" and
inserting
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