Text: H08448 Text: H08450 Text: H08400 - H08499 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the amendment, H-8361, to House File 2455 as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. By striking page 1, line 4, through page 4, 1 4 line 6, and inserting the following: 1 5 "Section 1. Section 331.605, subsection 6, Code 1 6 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 7 6. For filing an application for the license to 1 8 marry, thirty-five dollars, which includes payment for 1 9 one certified copy of the original certificate of 1 10 marriage, to be issued following filing of the 1 11 original certificate of marriage, four dollars of 1 12 which shall be retained by the county pursuant to 1 13 subsection 5. For issuing an application for an order 1 14 of the district court authorizing the validation of a 1 15 license to marry before the expiration ofthreethe 1 16 number of days specified in section 595.4, from the 1 17 date of issuance of the license, five dollars. The 1 18 district court shall authorize the early validation of 1 19 a marriage license without the payment of any fees 1 20 imposed in this subsection upon showing that the 1 21 applicant is unable to pay the fees. 1 22 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 595.3B APPLICATION – 1 23 PREMARITAL EDUCATION. 1 24 1. An application form for a marriage license 1 25 shall have attached a certificate form to be used by 1 26 the parties to document completion of premarital 1 27 education by the parties. The certificate shall be 1 28 completed by the parties and signed by the person who 1 29 provided the premarital education. The certificate 1 30 shall be filed with the verified application in 1 31 accordance with section 595.4. The certificate form 1 32 shall require provision of all of the following 1 33 information: 1 34 a. The name of the person providing the premarital 1 35 education and the person's signature verifying 1 36 completion of the premarital education by the parties. 1 37 b. The number of hours of premarital education 1 38 completed. 1 39 2. Only premarital education provided by the 1 40 following persons shall be accepted to document 1 41 completion under this section: 1 42 a. A person ordained or designated as a leader of 1 43 a party's religious faith or the person's designee. 1 44 b. A person licensed to practice psychology 1 45 pursuant to chapter 154B. 1 46 c. A person licensed to practice social work 1 47 pursuant to chapter 154C. 1 48 d. A person licensed to practice marital and 1 49 family therapy pursuant to chapter 154D. 1 50 Sec. 3. Section 595.4, Code 2003, is amended to 2 1 read as follows: 2 2 595.4 AGE AND QUALIFICATION – VERIFIED 2 3 APPLICATION – WAITING PERIOD –EXCEPTIONEXCEPTIONS. 2 4 1.PreviousPrior to the issuance of any license 2 5 to marry, the parties desiring the license shall sign 2 6 and file a verified application with the county 2 7 registrar which application either may be mailed to 2 8 the parties at their request or may be signed by them 2 9 at the office of the county registrar in the county in 2 10 which the license is to be issued. The application 2 11 shall include the social security number of each 2 12 applicant and shall set forth at least one affidavit 2 13 of some competent and disinterested person stating the 2 14 facts as to age and qualification of the parties. 2 15 Upon the filing of the application for a license to 2 16 marry, the county registrar shall file the application 2 17 in a record kept for that purpose and shall take all 2 18 necessary steps to ensure the confidentiality of the 2 19 social security number of each applicant. All 2 20 information included on an application may be provided 2 21 as mutually agreed upon by the division of records and 2 22 statistics and the child support recovery unit, 2 23 including by automated exchange. 2 24 2. Upon receipt of a verified application, the 2 25 county registrar may issue the licensewhich shall not2 26become valid until the expiration of three days after2 27the date of issuance of the license. If the license 2 28 has not been issued within six months from the date of 2 29 the application, the application is void. 2 30 3. A license issued under subsection 2 shall 2 31 become valid as follows: 2 32 a. If the parties desiring the license have 2 33 participated in premarital education and submit 2 34 documentation verifying completion of premarital 2 35 education in accordance with section 595.3B, the 2 36 license shall become valid upon the expiration of 2 37 three days after the date of issuance of the license. 2 38 b. If the parties desiring the license have not 2 39 participated in premarital education or do not submit 2 40 documentation verifying completion of premarital 2 41 education in accordance with section 595.3B, the 2 42 license shall not become valid until the expiration of 2 43 twenty days after the date of issuance of the license. 2 44 4. A license to marry may be validated prior to 2 45 the expiration ofthreethe number of days specified 2 46 in subsection 3 from the date of issuance of the 2 47 license in cases of emergency or extraordinary 2 48 circumstances. An order authorizing the validation of 2 49 a license may be granted by a judge of the district 2 50 court under conditions of emergency or extraordinary 3 1 circumstances upon application of the parties filed 3 2 with the county registrar.NoAn ordermayshall not 3 3 be granted unless the parties have filed an 3 4 application for a marriage license in a county within 3 5 the judicial district. An application for an order 3 6 shall be made on forms furnished by the county 3 7 registrar at the same time the application for the 3 8 license to marry is made. After examining the 3 9 application for the marriage license and issuing the 3 10 license, the county registrar shall refer the parties 3 11 to a judge of the district court for action on the 3 12 application for an order authorizing the validation of 3 13 a marriage license prior to expiration ofthreethe 3 14 number of days specified in subsection 3 from the date 3 15 of issuance of the license. The judge shall, if 3 16 satisfied as to the existence of an emergency or 3 17 extraordinary circumstances, grant an order 3 18 authorizing the validation of a license to marry prior 3 19 to the expiration ofthreethe number of days 3 20 specified in subsection 3 from the date of issuance of 3 21 the license to marry. The county registrar shall 3 22 validate a license to marry upon presentation by the 3 23 parties of the order authorizing a license to be 3 24 validated. A fee of five dollars shall be paid to the 3 25 county registrar at the time the application for the 3 26 order is made, which fee is in addition to the fee 3 27 prescribed by law for the issuance of a marriage 3 28 license." 3 29 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 3 30 3 31 3 32 3 33 CARROLL of Poweshiek 3 34 3 35 3 36 3 37 JACOBS of Polk 3 38 HF 2455.704 80 3 39 pf/gg
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