HB-5703, As Passed House, June 29, 2006

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5703

     A bill to amend 1887 PA 128, entitled

"An act establishing the minimum ages for contracting marriages; to

require a civil license in order to marry and its registration; to

provide for the implementation of federal law; and to provide a

penalty for the violation of this act,"

by amending section 4 (MCL 551.104).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 4.  It shall be the duty of the clergyman or magistrate,

The individual officiating at a marriage  , to shall fill in the

spaces of the certificate left blank for the entry of the time and

place of the marriage, the names and residences of 2 witnesses, and

his or her own signature in certification that the marriage has

been performed by him  and any and all information or her. Based

upon information provided by the parties, the individual

officiating at the marriage shall fill in the appropriate space of

the certificate indicating whether the parties have or have not

received premarital education. For parties who have received

premarital education, the parties shall verify completion of the

premarital education by a sworn statement to that effect in the

license or certificate. Information required to be filled in in the

spaces left blank in the certificate shall be typewritten or

legibly printed. He or she shall separate the duplicate license and

certificate,  and  deliver the half part designated duplicate to 1

of the parties  , so joined in to the marriage, and within 10 days

return the original to the county clerk  issuing the same who

issued them.  It shall be the duty of such clergyman or magistrate 

to The individual officiating at the marriage shall keep an

accurate record of all marriages solemnized in a book used

expressly for that purpose.

     Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect October

1, 2006.