Senate Bill No. 578
(By Senator Bailey)
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[Introduced February 18, 1999; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend article two, chapter five of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section four,
relating to establishing a statewide registry for persons
authorized to celebrate marriages; requiring persons so
authorized to register with their respective county clerks;
and requiring the county clerks to make biannual updates to
the registry.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter five of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by
adding thereto a new section, designated section four, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2. SECRETARY OF STATE.
§5-2-4. Statewide registry for persons authorized to celebrate marriages; requirement of persons so authorized to register with their respective county clerks;
requirement of biannual registry reports to be sent to
secretary of state.
The secretary of state shall establish a central registry
for persons authorized to celebrate marriages pursuant to section
twelve, article one, chapter forty-eight. The central registry
shall be easily accessible by the public.
Every person so authorized to celebrate marriages shall
register with his or her county clerk on a form to be prescribed
by the secretary of state. Twice each year, the clerk of each
county shall send to the secretary of state an updated list of
all persons who have registered pursuant to this section with the
clerk.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to establish a statewide
central registry for persons authorized to celebrate marriages;
to require persons so authorized to register with their respective county clerks; and to require the county clerks to
make biannual updates to the registry.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.