A09315 Summary:
BILL NO | A09315 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S07182 |
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SPONSOR | Russell |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd S11, Dom Rel L; amd S4, Indian L | |
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Provides that a judge or peacemaker judge of any Indian tribal court, a chief, a headman, or any member of any tribal body of any nation, tribe or band of Indians in this state, duly designated for purpose of officiating at marriages, may solemnize a marriage. |
A09315 Actions:
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04/08/2014 | referred to judiciary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/29/2014 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/01/2014 | advanced to third reading cal.632 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/07/2014 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/07/2014 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/07/2014 | REFERRED TO JUDICIARY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S7182 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | 3RD READING CAL.1538 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/10/2014 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/21/2014 | signed chap.450 |
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A09315 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9315 IN ASSEMBLY April 8, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RUSSELL -- (at request of the Office of Court Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judici- ary AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law and the Indian law, in relation to solemnization of marriage by certain officials on an Indi- an reservation The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 11 of the domestic relations law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows: 3 3-a. A judge or peacemaker judge of any Indian tribal court, a chief, 4 a headman, or any member of any tribal council or other governing body 5 of any nation, tribe or band of Indians in this state duly designated by 6 such body for the purpose of officiating at marriages, or any other 7 persons duly designated by such body, in keeping with the culture and 8 traditions of any such nation, tribe or band of Indians in this state, 9 to officiate at marriages. 10 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 11 of the domestic relations law, as 11 amended by chapter 39 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as 12 follows: 13 6. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article to the contra- 14 ry no marriage shall be solemnized by a public officer specified in this 15 section, other than a judge of a federal district court for the north- 16 ern, southern, eastern or western district of New York, a judge of the 17 United States court of international trade, a federal administrative law 18 judge presiding in this state, a judge or justice of the unified court 19 system of this [State] state, a housing judge of the civil court of the 20 city of New York, or a retired judge or justice of the unified court 21 system or a retired housing judge of the civil court certified pursuant 22 to paragraph (k) of subdivision two of section two hundred twelve of the 23 judiciary law, nor by any of the persons specified in subdivision 24 three-a of this section, outside the territorial jurisdiction in which 25 he or she was elected [or], appointed or duly designated. Such a public EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13654-01-4A. 9315 2 1 officer, however, elected or appointed within the city of New York may 2 solemnize a marriage anywhere within such city. 3 § 3. Section 4 of the Indian law, as amended by chapter 229 of the 4 laws of 1957 and as renumbered by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is 5 amended to read as follows: 6 § 4. Marriage and divorce. The laws of the state relating to the 7 capacity to contract marriage, the solemnization of marriage, the annul- 8 ment of the marriage contract, and divorce, are applicable to Indians; 9 and subject to the jurisdiction of the peacemakers' courts of the Seneca 10 nation to grant divorces, the same courts shall have jurisdiction of 11 actions arising thereunder. But Indians who have heretofore [contract] 12 contracted marriage according to the Indian custom or usage, and shall 13 cohabit as husband and wife, shall be deemed lawfully married. [Indian] 14 As provided by subdivision three-a of section eleven of the domestic 15 relations law, marriages may be solemnized by [peacemakers within their16jurisdiction with the same force and effect as by a justice of the17peace] a judge or peacemaker judge of any Indian tribal court, a chief, 18 a headman, or any member of any tribal council or other governing body 19 of any nation, tribe or band of Indians in this state duly designated by 20 such body for that purpose, or any other persons duly designated by such 21 body, in keeping with the culture and traditions of any such nation, 22 tribe or band of Indians in this state, to officiate at marriages. 23 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.