Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1498
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/09/2014           .                                
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsections (2), (3), and (4) of section
    6  741.0405, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         741.0405 When marriage license may be issued to persons
    8  under 18 years.—
    9         (2) The county court judge of any county in the state may,
   10  in the exercise of his or her discretion, issue a license to
   11  marry to a any male or female under the age of 18 years, but at
   12  least 16 years of age, upon application of both parties sworn
   13  under oath that they are the parents of a child.
   14         (3) When the fact of pregnancy is verified by the written
   15  statement of a licensed physician, the county court judge of any
   16  county in the state may, in his or her discretion, issue a
   17  license to marry:
   18         (a) To a any male or female under the age of 18 years, but
   19  at least 16 years of age, upon application of both parties sworn
   20  under oath that they are the expectant parents of a child; or
   21         (b) To a any female under the age of 18 years, but at least
   22  16 years of age, and male over the age of 18 years upon the
   23  female’s application sworn under oath that she is an expectant
   24  parent.
   25         (4) No license to marry shall be granted to a any person
   26  under the age of 16 years, with or without the consent of the
   27  parents, except as provided in subsections (2) and (3).
   28         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.
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   30  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   31  And the title is amended as follows:
   32         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   33  and insert:
   34                        A bill to be entitled                      
   35         An act relating to marriage of minors; amending s.
   36         741.0405, F.S.; deleting provisions that allow the
   37         issuance of marriage licenses to minors under 16 years
   38         of age in certain circumstances; conforming provisions
   39         to changes made by the act; providing an effective
   40         date.