SB-0059, As Passed House, December 14, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1846 RS 83, entitled

 

"Of marriage and the solemnization thereof,"

 

by amending section 7 (MCL 551.7), as amended by 2006 PA 419.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7. (1) Marriages may be solemnized by any of the

 

following:

 

     (a) A judge of the district court, in the district in which

 

the judge is serving.

 

     (b) A district court magistrate, in the district in which the

 

magistrate serves.

 

     (c) A municipal judge, in the city in which the judge is

 

serving or in a township over which a municipal court has

 

jurisdiction according to section 9928 of the revised judicature

 

act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.9928.

 

     (d) A judge of probate, in the county or probate court


 

district in which the judge is serving.

 

     (e) A judge of a federal court.

 

     (f) A mayor of a city, anywhere in  the city  a county in

 

which  the mayor serves  that city is located.

 

     (g) The county clerk in the county in which the clerk serves

 

or, in a county having more than 2,000,000 inhabitants, an employee

 

of the clerk's office designated by the county clerk in the county

 

in which the clerk serves.

 

     (h) A minister of the gospel or cleric or religious

 

practitioner, anywhere in the state, if the minister or cleric or

 

religious practitioner is ordained or authorized to solemnize

 

marriages according to the usages of the denomination.

 

     (i) A minister of the gospel or cleric or religious

 

practitioner, anywhere in the state, if the minister or cleric or

 

religious practitioner is not a resident of this state but is

 

authorized to solemnize marriages under the laws of the state in

 

which the minister or cleric or religious practitioner resides.

 

     (2) A person authorized by this act to solemnize a marriage

 

shall keep proper records and make returns as required by section 4

 

of 1887 PA 128, MCL 551.104.

 

     (3) If a mayor of a city solemnizes a marriage, the mayor

 

shall charge and collect a fee to be determined by the council of

 

that city, which shall be paid to the city treasurer and deposited

 

in the general fund of the city at the end of the month.

 

     (4) If the county clerk or, in a county having more than

 

2,000,000 inhabitants, an employee of the clerk's office designated

 

by the county clerk solemnizes a marriage, the county clerk shall


 

charge and collect a fee to be determined by the commissioners of

 

that county, which shall be paid to the county treasurer and

 

deposited in the general fund of the county at the end of the

 

month.