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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 353 as follows: 1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting 1 3 clause, and inserting the following: 1 4 "Section 1. Section 331.605, subsection 6, Code 1 5 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 6 6. a. (1)ForExcept as provided in subparagraph 1 7 (2), for filing an application for the license to 1 8 marry,thirty-fiveseventy dollars, which includes 1 9 payment for one certified copy of the original 1 10 certificate of marriage, to be issued following filing 1 11 of the original certificate of marriage, four dollars 1 12 of which shall be retained by the county pursuant to 1 13 subsection 5. 1 14 (2) For filing an application for the license to 1 15 marry, five dollars, if the applicants submit and the 1 16 county registrar approves the certificate of 1 17 completion of premarital education pursuant to section 1 18 595.3B. The fee includes payment for one certified 1 19 copy of the original certificate of marriage, to be 1 20 issued following filing of the original certificate of 1 21 marriage, which fee shall be retained by the county 1 22 pursuant to subsection 5. 1 23 b. For issuing an application for an order of the 1 24 district court authorizing the validation of a license 1 25 to marry before the expiration ofthreethirty days 1 26 from the date of issuance of the license, five 1 27 dollars. The district court shall authorize the early 1 28 validation of a marriage license without the payment 1 29 of any fees imposed in this subsection upon showing 1 30 that the applicant is unable to pay the fees. 1 31 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 595.3B APPLICATION – 1 32 PREMARITAL EDUCATION. 1 33 1. An application form for a marriage license 1 34 shall have attached a certificate form to be used by 1 35 the parties to document completion of premarital 1 36 education by the parties. The certificate shall be 1 37 completed by the parties and signed by the person who 1 38 provided the premarital education. The certificate 1 39 shall require provision of all of the following 1 40 information: 1 41 a. The name of the person providing the premarital 1 42 education and the person's signature verifying 1 43 completion of the premarital education by the parties. 1 44 b. The number of hours of premarital education 1 45 completed. 1 46 c. Whether the premarital education was provided 1 47 by personal instruction, videotaped instruction, 1 48 instruction via other electronic media, or a 1 49 combination of these methods. 1 50 2. Only premarital education provided by the 2 1 following persons meet the requirements of provision 2 2 of premarital education under this section: 2 3 a. A person ordained or designated as a leader of 2 4 a party's religious faith. 2 5 b. A person licensed to practice psychology 2 6 pursuant to chapter 154B. 2 7 c. A person licensed to practice social work 2 8 pursuant to chapter 154C. 2 9 d. A person licensed to practice marital and 2 10 family therapy pursuant to chapter 154D. 2 11 3. If the parties applying for a license to marry 2 12 complete the premarital education certificate and the 2 13 certificate is approved, the parties shall pay a fee 2 14 of only five dollars pursuant to section 331.605, 2 15 subsection 6. 2 16 Sec. 3. Section 595.4, Code 2001, is amended to 2 17 read as follows: 2 18 595.4 AGE AND QUALIFICATION – VERIFIED 2 19 APPLICATION – WAITING PERIOD – EXCEPTION. 2 20 1. Previous to the issuance of any license to 2 21 marry, the parties desiring the license shall sign and 2 22 file a verified application with the county registrar 2 23 which application either may be mailed to the parties 2 24 at their request or may be signed by them at the 2 25 office of the county registrar in the county in which 2 26 the license is to be issued. The application shall 2 27 include the social security number of each applicant 2 28 and shall set forth at least one affidavit of some 2 29 competent and disinterested person stating the facts 2 30 as to age and qualification of the parties. Upon the 2 31 filing of the application for a license to marry, the 2 32 county registrar shall file the application in a 2 33 record kept for that purpose and shall take all 2 34 necessary steps to ensure the confidentiality of the 2 35 social security number of each applicant. All 2 36 information included on an application may be provided 2 37 as mutually agreed upon by the division of records and 2 38 statistics and the child support recovery unit, 2 39 including by automated exchange. 2 40 2. Upon receipt of a verified application, the 2 41 county registrar may issue the licensewhich shall not2 42become valid until the expiration of three days after2 43the date of issuance of the license. If the license 2 44 has not been issued within six months from the date of 2 45 the application, the application is void. 2 46 3. A license that is issued under subsection 2, 2 47 shall become valid as follows: 2 48 a. If the parties desiring the license have 2 49 participated in premarital education and have 2 50 documented completion of premarital education in 3 1 accordance with section 595.3B, the license shall 3 2 become valid upon the date of issuance of the license. 3 3 b. If the parties desiring the license have not 3 4 participated in premarital education and have not 3 5 documented completion of premarital education in 3 6 accordance with section 595.3B, the license shall not 3 7 become valid until the expiration of thirty days after 3 8 the date of issuance of the license. 3 9 4. A license to marry may be validated prior to 3 10 the expiration ofthreethirty days from the date of 3 11 issuance of the license in cases of emergency or 3 12 extraordinary circumstances. An order authorizing the 3 13 validation of a license may be granted by a judge of 3 14 the district court under conditions of emergency or 3 15 extraordinary circumstances upon application of the 3 16 parties filed with the county registrar. No order may 3 17 be granted unless the parties have filed an 3 18 application for a marriage license in a county within 3 19 the judicial district. An application for an order 3 20 shall be made on forms furnished by the county 3 21 registrar at the same time the application for the 3 22 license to marry is made. After examining the 3 23 application for the marriage license and issuing the 3 24 license, the county registrar shall refer the parties 3 25 to a judge of the district court for action on the 3 26 application for an order authorizing the validation of 3 27 a marriage license prior to expiration ofthreethirty 3 28 days from the date of issuance of the license. The 3 29 judge shall, if satisfied as to the existence of an 3 30 emergency or extraordinary circumstances, grant an 3 31 order authorizing the validation of a license to marry 3 32 prior to the expiration ofthreethirty days from the 3 33 date of issuance of the license to marry. The county 3 34 registrar shall validate a license to marry upon 3 35 presentation by the parties of the order authorizing a 3 36 license to be validated. A fee of five dollars shall 3 37 be paid to the county registrar at the time the 3 38 application for the order is made, which fee is in 3 39 addition to the fee prescribed by law for the issuance 3 40 of a marriage license." 3 41 #2. Title page, line 1, by striking the words 3 42 "establishing covenant" and inserting the following: 3 43 "relating to". 3 44 #3. Title page, lines 1 and 2, by striking the 3 45 words "and providing an effective date". 3 46 3 47 3 48 3 49 STEVEN D. HANSEN 3 50 SF 353.702 79 4 1 pf/cls
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