A5648-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: referred to judiciary
• Feb 24, 2011: referred to judiciary

A5648-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         5648
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 February 24, 2011
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF, CALHOUN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
 BOYLAND, LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Judici
 ary
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  domestic relations law, in relation to authori
 zations to solemnize marriages
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 11 of the domestic relations law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  319 of the laws of 1959, is amended to read as
 follows:

 1. A clergyman or minister of any religion, or by the  senior  leader,
 or  any  of the other leaders, of The Society for Ethical Culture in the
 city of New York, having its principal office in the borough of  Manhat
 tan,  or  by  the  leader  of  The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture,
 having its principal office in the borough of Brooklyn of  the  city  of
 New  York,  or  of the Westchester Ethical Society, having its principal
 office in Westchester county, or of the Ethical Culture Society of  Long
 Island,  having  its principal office in Nassau county, or of the River
 dale-Yonkers Ethical Society having its principal office in Bronx  coun
 ty,  or  by  the  leader of any other Ethical Culture Society affiliated
 with the American Ethical Union, OR BY A UNIVERSAL LIFE MINISTER.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00632-01-1

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