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| AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of |
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| Marriage Act is amended by changing Sections 207 and 209 as |
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| follows:
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| (750 ILCS 5/207) (from Ch. 40, par. 207)
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| Sec. 207. Effective Date of License.) A license to marry |
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effective in the county where it was issued one day |
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| after the date of
issuance, unless the court orders that the |
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| license is effective when
issued, and expires 60 days after it |
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| becomes effective, provided that the marriage is not |
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| invalidated by the fact that the marriage was inadvertently |
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| solemnized in a county in Illinois other than the county where |
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| the license was issued.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-397.)
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| (750 ILCS 5/209) (from Ch. 40, par. 209)
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| Sec. 209. Solemnization and Registration.)
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| (a) A marriage may be solemnized by a judge of a court of |
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| record, by a
retired judge of a court of record, unless the |
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| retired judge was removed from
office by the Judicial Inquiry |
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| Board, except that a retired judge shall not
receive any |
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| compensation from the State, a county or any unit of local
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| government in return for the solemnization of a marriage and |
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| there shall be no
effect upon any pension benefits conferred by |
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| the Judges Retirement System of
Illinois, by a judge of the |
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| Court of Claims, by a county clerk in counties
having 2,000,000 |
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| or more inhabitants, by a public official whose powers include
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| solemnization of marriages, or in accordance with the |
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| prescriptions of any
religious denomination, Indian Nation or |
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| Tribe or Native Group, provided that
when such prescriptions |
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| require an officiant, the officiant be in good standing
with |
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| his religious denomination, Indian Nation or Tribe or Native |
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| Group.
Either the person solemnizing the marriage, or, if no |
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| individual acting alone
solemnized the marriage, both parties |
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| to the marriage, shall complete the
marriage certificate form |
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| and forward it to the county clerk within 10 days
after such |
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| marriage is solemnized.
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| (b) The solemnization of the marriage is not invalidated by |
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| the
fact that the person solemnizing the marriage was not |
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| legally qualified
to solemnize it, if either party to the |
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| marriage believed him to be so
qualified or by the fact that |
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| the marriage was inadvertently solemnized in a county in |
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| Illinois other than the county where the license was issued.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-1261.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
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| 1, 2009.
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