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Committee adopts amendment expanding justice of the peace districts and raises marriage solemnization fee
Summary
The Senate Committee on Judiciary adopted an amendment to House Bill 2306A on May 20 that allows all justice of the peace districts to include a county seat or city with a circuit court and raises the fee for judicial officers and county clerks to solemnize marriages to $200, with CPI adjustments allowed.
The Senate Committee on Judiciary on May 20 adopted the A7 amendment to House Bill 2306A and moved the amended bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. The amendment repeals a geographic limitation and allows any justice of the peace district to include the county seat or a city in which a circuit court sits.
A committee staff overview described the bill as permitting the Marion County Board of Commissioners to broaden a justice of the peace district to include the county seat in areas served by a county circuit court. The measure also increases the amount a judicial officer or county clerk may accept for the personal solemnization of a marriage from $100 to $200 and allows future adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index.
Senator Thacher moved adoption of the A7 amendment; committee members voted aye on the amendment and later moved the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. Senator Gelserboom agreed to carry the bill to the floor.
Fiscal impacts were described as indeterminate in the staff fiscal and revenue impact statement distributed to the committee.
