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                                           SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 490

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Appelwick, Dellwo and P. King)

Read first time 2/18/87 and passed to Committee on Rules.

AN ACT Relating to persons authorized to solemnize marriages; and amending RCW 26.04.050.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 4, page 404, Laws of 1854 as last amended by section 95, chapter  258, Laws of 1984 and RCW 26.04.050 are each amended to read as follows:

          The following named officers and persons are hereby authorized to solemnize marriages, to wit:  Justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, judges and commissioners of the superior courts, any regularly licensed or ordained minister or any priest of any church or religious denomination, and judges of courts of limited jurisdiction as defined in RCW 3.02.010.  No justice, judge or commissioner may charge or receive any compensation or honorarium for solemnizing a marriage in any court facility during normal hours of court operation.