New Mexico 2021 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 1 D cosponsors

SB 294 — MARRIAGE LICENSE & CERTIFICATE FEES

Last action — DO PASS committee report adopted

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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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What changed in the latest version

77 added · 70 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to SB 294 raises the fee for a marriage license and certificate from $25 to $50. This change is significant as it directly impacts the cost for couples seeking to get married, potentially affecting their financial planning for the wedding. The increase in fees may help support county clerks in covering the costs associated with processing marriage licenses.

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SENATE BILL 294 55TH LEGISLATURE -STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2021 INTRODUCED BY Elizabeth "Liz” Stefanics 6 8 10 AN ACT RELATING TO MARRIAGE;
SENATE BILL 294 55TH LEGISLATURE - STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2021 INTRODUCED BY Elizabeth "Liz” Stefanics This document may incorporate amendments proposed by a committee, but not yet adopted, as well as amendments that have been adopted during the current legislative session.
INCREASING THE FEE THAT A COUNTY CLERK MUST CHARGE FOR ISSUING, ACKNOWLEDGING AND RECORDING A MARRIAGE LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE.
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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SECTION 1.
INCREASING THE FEE THAT A COUNTY CLERK t hr g e i k MUST CHARGE FOR ISSUING, ACKNOWLEDGING AND RECORDING A MARRIAGE h r i s LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE.
Section 40-1-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1957, e t 17 Chapter 33, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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FEES--DISPOSITION.--The county clerk shall = = 19 a l receive a fee of [twenty-five dollars ($25.00)] fifty dollars i a e r 20 ($50.00) for issuing, acknowledging and recording a marriage a t m m 21 license and marriage certificate.
Section 40-1-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1957, l ] b ,d i a º e Chapter 33, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) d r e 22 of each fee shall be remitted by the county treasurer, within c e s k 23 fifteen days of the last day of each month, for credit to a fee e a n b 24 fund for county clerks.
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Fifteen dollars ($15.00) of each fee u [ shall be remitted by the county treasurer to the state .219213.2 treasurer, within fifteen days of the last day of each month, for credit to the children's trust fund." SECTION 2.
FEES--DISPOSITION.--The county clerk shall d m :
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Fifteen dollars ($15.00) of each fee shall be remitted by the county treasurer to the state treasurer, within fifteen days of the last day of each month, for credit to the children's trust fund." SECTION 2.
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Action History

  1. DO PASS committee report adopted

  2. Sent to House Local Government, Land Grants & Cultural Affairs Committee

  3. passed Senate

  4. floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)

  5. DO PASS committee report adopted

  6. DO PASS committee report adopted

  7. Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 111 not signed on

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Who sponsors SB 294?
SB 294 is sponsored by Elizabeth "Liz" Stefanics (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 294?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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