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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 2, through page 4, 1 4 line 6, and inserting the following: 1 5 "#___. By striking everything after the enacting 1 6 clause and inserting the following: 1 7 "Section 1. Section 331.605, subsection 6, Code 1 8 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 9 6. For filing an application for the license to 1 10 marry, thirty-five dollars, which includes payment for 1 11 one certified copy of the original certificate of 1 12 marriage, to be issued following filing of the 1 13 original certificate of marriage, four dollars of 1 14 which shall be retained by the county pursuant to 1 15 subsection 5. For issuing an application for an order 1 16 of the district court authorizing the validation of a 1 17 license to marry before the expiration ofthreethe 1 18 number of days specified in section 595.4, from the 1 19 date of issuance of the license, five dollars. The 1 20 district court shall authorize the early validation of 1 21 a marriage license without the payment of any fees 1 22 imposed in this subsection upon showing that the 1 23 applicant is unable to pay the fees. 1 24 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 595.3B APPLICATION – 1 25 PREMARITAL EDUCATION. 1 26 1. An application form for a marriage license 1 27 shall have attached a certificate form to be used by 1 28 the parties to document completion of premarital 1 29 education by the parties. The certificate shall be 1 30 completed by the parties and signed by the person who 1 31 provided the premarital education. The certificate 1 32 shall be filed with the verified application in 1 33 accordance with section 595.4. The certificate form 1 34 shall require provision of all of the following 1 35 information: 1 36 a. The name of the person providing the premarital 1 37 education and the person's signature verifying 1 38 completion of the premarital education by the parties. 1 39 b. The number of hours of premarital education 1 40 completed. 1 41 2. Only premarital education provided by the 1 42 following persons shall be accepted to document 1 43 completion under this section: 1 44 a. A person ordained or designated as a leader of 1 45 a party's religious faith or the person's designee. 1 46 b. A person licensed to practice psychology 1 47 pursuant to chapter 154B. 1 48 c. A person licensed to practice social work as a 1 49 licensed master social worker or a licensed 1 50 independent social worker pursuant to chapter 154C. 2 1 d. A person licensed to practice marital and 2 2 family therapy or mental health counseling pursuant to 2 3 chapter 154D. 2 4 e. An advanced registered nurse practitioner 2 5 licensed pursuant to chapter 152 who specializes in 2 6 adult psychiatric services. 2 7 Sec. 3. Section 595.4, Code 2003, is amended to 2 8 read as follows: 2 9 595.4 AGE AND QUALIFICATION – VERIFIED 2 10 APPLICATION – WAITING PERIOD –EXCEPTIONEXCEPTIONS. 2 11 1.PreviousPrior to the issuance of any license 2 12 to marry, the parties desiring the license shall sign 2 13 and file a verified application with the county 2 14 registrar which application either may be mailed to 2 15 the parties at their request or may be signed by them 2 16 at the office of the county registrar in the county in 2 17 which the license is to be issued. The application 2 18 shall include the social security number of each 2 19 applicant and shall set forth at least one affidavit 2 20 of some competent and disinterested person stating the 2 21 facts as to age and qualification of the parties. 2 22 Upon the filing of the application for a license to 2 23 marry, the county registrar shall file the application 2 24 in a record kept for that purpose and shall take all 2 25 necessary steps to ensure the confidentiality of the 2 26 social security number of each applicant. All 2 27 information included on an application may be provided 2 28 as mutually agreed upon by the division of records and 2 29 statistics and the child support recovery unit, 2 30 including by automated exchange. 2 31 2. Upon receipt of a verified application, the 2 32 county registrar may issue the licensewhich shall not2 33become valid until the expiration of three days after2 34the date of issuance of the license. If the license 2 35 has not been issued within six months from the date of 2 36 the application, the application is void. 2 37 3. A license issued under subsection 2 shall 2 38 become valid as follows: 2 39 a. If the parties desiring the license have 2 40 participated in premarital education and submit 2 41 documentation verifying completion of premarital 2 42 education in accordance with section 595.3B, the 2 43 license shall become valid upon the expiration of 2 44 three days after the date of issuance of the license. 2 45 b. If the parties desiring the license have not 2 46 participated in premarital education or do not submit 2 47 documentation verifying completion of premarital 2 48 education in accordance with section 595.3B, the 2 49 license shall not become valid until the expiration of 2 50 twenty days after the date of issuance of the license. 3 1 4. A license to marry may be validated prior to 3 2 the expiration ofthreethe number of days specified 3 3 in subsection 3 from the date of issuance of the 3 4 license in cases of emergency or extraordinary 3 5 circumstances. An order authorizing the validation of 3 6 a license may be granted by a judge of the district 3 7 court under conditions of emergency or extraordinary 3 8 circumstances upon application of the parties filed 3 9 with the county registrar.NoAn ordermayshall not 3 10 be granted unless the parties have filed an 3 11 application for a marriage license in a county within 3 12 the judicial district. An application for an order 3 13 shall be made on forms furnished by the county 3 14 registrar at the same time the application for the 3 15 license to marry is made. After examining the 3 16 application for the marriage license and issuing the 3 17 license, the county registrar shall refer the parties 3 18 to a judge of the district court for action on the 3 19 application for an order authorizing the validation of 3 20 a marriage license prior to expiration ofthreethe 3 21 number of days specified in subsection 3 from the date 3 22 of issuance of the license. The judge shall, if 3 23 satisfied as to the existence of an emergency or 3 24 extraordinary circumstances, grant an order 3 25 authorizing the validation of a license to marry prior 3 26 to the expiration ofthreethe number of days 3 27 specified in subsection 3 from the date of issuance of 3 28 the license to marry. The county registrar shall 3 29 validate a license to marry upon presentation by the 3 30 parties of the order authorizing a license to be 3 31 validated. A fee of five dollars shall be paid to the 3 32 county registrar at the time the application for the 3 33 order is made, which fee is in addition to the fee 3 34 prescribed by law for the issuance of a marriage 3 35 license."" 3 36 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 3 37 3 38 3 39 3 40 SMITH of Marshall 3 41 3 42 3 43 3 44 UPMEYER of Hancock 3 45 HF 2455.502 80 3 46 pf/pj
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