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| SPONSOR: | Thompson | DATE TYPED: | 01/23/01 | HB | 13 | ||
| SHORT TITLE: | Federal Judges to Solemnize Marriages | SB | |||||
| ANALYST: | Wilson | ||||||
| Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||||
| FY01 | FY02 | FY01 | FY02 | ||
| $ 0.0 | $ 0.0 | $ 0.0 | $ 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates/Relates to Appropriation in The General Appropriation Act
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Administrative Office of the Courts
Attorney General
SUMMARY
Synopsis
This bill allows federal judges, justices and magistrates to solemnize marriages in New Mexico.
Significant Issues
Under current law, the only judges, justices or magistrates who can solemnize marriages in New Mexico are state judges, justice and magistrate and municipal and probate judges. This bill will allow federal judges to solemnize marriages.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
Minimal. To the extent federal judges, justices and magistrates are solemnizing marriages that state judges would have been solemnizing, the state judges, justices and magistrates can be working on other court matters.
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