HF 2495 (LSB 5954HV (2) 83)

HOUSE FILE 2495

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2126)

A BILL FOR

An Act specifying those authorized to solemnize marriages in this state, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 595.10, subsection 1, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A judge of the supreme court justice, court of appeals judge, or district court judge, including a district associate judge, associate juvenile judge, or a judicial magistrate, and including a senior judge as defined in section 602.9202, subsection 3, or a retired supreme court justice, a retired court of appeals judge, a retired district court judge, or a retired judicial magistrate.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
   This bill authorizes, in addition to those judges already authorized to solemnize marriages, retired supreme court justices, retired court of appeals judges, retired district court judges, and retired judicial magistrates to solemnize marriages in this state. The bill takes effect upon enactment.