Text: H01427 Text: H01429 Text: H01400 - H01499 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 690 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 1 through 24. 1 3 #2. Page 2, line 10, by inserting after the word 1 4 "faith" the following: ", or the person's designee". 1 5 #3. Page 2, by inserting before line 17, the 1 6 following: 1 7 " . At a minimum, premarital education provided 1 8 under this section shall include discussion of 1 9 children, finances, communication techniques, conflict 1 10 resolution, and expectations of responsibilities." 1 11 #4. Page 2, by striking lines 17 through 20 and 1 12 inserting the following: 1 13 "Sec. . Section 595.4, Code 2001, is amended to 1 14 read as follows: 1 15 595.4 AGE AND QUALIFICATION – VERIFIED 1 16 APPLICATION – WAITING PERIOD – EXCEPTION. 1 17 1. Previous to the issuance of any license to 1 18 marry, the parties desiring the license shall sign and 1 19 file a verified application with the county registrar 1 20 which application either may be mailed to the parties 1 21 at their request or may be signed by them at the 1 22 office of the county registrar in the county in which 1 23 the license is to be issued. The application shall 1 24 include the social security number of each applicant 1 25 and shall set forth at least one affidavit of some 1 26 competent and disinterested person stating the facts 1 27 as to age and qualification of the parties. Upon the 1 28 filing of the application for a license to marry, the 1 29 county registrar shall file the application in a 1 30 record kept for that purpose and shall take all 1 31 necessary steps to ensure the confidentiality of the 1 32 social security number of each applicant. All 1 33 information included on an application may be provided 1 34 as mutually agreed upon by the division of records and 1 35 statistics and the child support recovery unit, 1 36 including by automated exchange. 1 37 2. Upon receipt of a verified application, the 1 38 county registrar may issue the licensewhich shall not1 39become valid until the expiration of three days after1 40the date of issuance of the license. If the license 1 41 has not been issued within six months from the date of 1 42 the application, the application is void. 1 43 3. A license that is issued under subsection 2, 1 44 shall become valid as follows: 1 45 a. If the parties desiring the license have 1 46 participated in premarital education and have 1 47 documented completion of premarital education in 1 48 accordance with section 595.3B, the license shall 1 49 become valid upon the date of issuance of the license. 1 50 b. If the parties desiring the license have not 2 1 participated in premarital education and have not 2 2 documented completion of premarital education in 2 3 accordance with section 595.3B, the license shall not 2 4 become valid until the expiration of thirty days after 2 5 the date of issuance of the license. 2 6 4. A license to marry may be validated prior to 2 7 the expiration ofthreethirty days from the date of 2 8 issuance of the license in cases of emergency or 2 9 extraordinary circumstances. An order authorizing the 2 10 validation of a license may be granted by a judge of 2 11 the district court under conditions of emergency or 2 12 extraordinary circumstances upon application of the 2 13 parties filed with the county registrar. No order may 2 14 be granted unless the parties have filed an 2 15 application for a marriage license in a county within 2 16 the judicial district. An application for an order 2 17 shall be made on forms furnished by the county 2 18 registrar at the same time the application for the 2 19 license to marry is made. After examining the 2 20 application for the marriage license and issuing the 2 21 license, the county registrar shall refer the parties 2 22 to a judge of the district court for action on the 2 23 application for an order authorizing the validation of 2 24 a marriage license prior to expiration ofthreethirty 2 25 days from the date of issuance of the license. The 2 26 judge shall, if satisfied as to the existence of an 2 27 emergency or extraordinary circumstances, grant an 2 28 order authorizing the validation of a license to marry 2 29 prior to the expiration ofthreethirty days from the 2 30 date of issuance of the license to marry. The county 2 31 registrar shall validate a license to marry upon 2 32 presentation by the parties of the order authorizing a 2 33 license to be validated. A fee of five dollars shall 2 34 be paid to the county registrar at the time the 2 35 application for the order is made, which fee is in 2 36 addition to the fee prescribed by law for the issuance 2 37 of a marriage license. 2 38 Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect 2 39 January 1, 2002." 2 40 #5. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the 2 41 word "education" the following: "and providing an 2 42 effective date". 2 43 2 44 2 45 2 46 WARNSTADT of Woodbury 2 47 2 48 2 49 2 50 BODDICKER of Cedar 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 REYNOLDS of Van Buren 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 KREIMAN of Davis 3 9 HF 690.201 79 3 10 pf/gg
Text: H01427 Text: H01429 Text: H01400 - H01499 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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