PRINTER'S NO. 1738
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1302
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MOUL, MILLARD, D. COSTA, SNYDER, BARRAR, READSHAW,
CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, McCARTER, KORTZ, GIBBONS AND MENTZER,
JUNE 8, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 8, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in marriage, repealing provisions
relating to waiting period after application; and further
providing for issuance of license.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
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Consolidated Statutes is repealed: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
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with the armed forces of the United States.]
Section 2. Section 1307 of Title 23 is amended to read:
§ 1307. Issuance of license.
The marriage license shall be issued immediately following
the making of application therefor if it appears from properly
completed applications on behalf of each of the parties to the
proposed marriage that 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.]
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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