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Wedding-license fee hike advances

nicky | 09 Şubat, 2010 10:15

Get married, and sooner or later, you’re gonna pay for it.

In the case of Senate Bill 1429, that would be sooner.

The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple, D-Arlington, would raise the cost of a Virginia marriage license from $20 to $35.

The measure was reported out of Courts of Justice this Custom Dressesweek and referred to the Senate Finance Committee.

Under the proposed law, $5 of the increase would go toward the state’s general fund; $10 would go to Department of Social Services programs dealing with the estimated 300,000 juveniles who are victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse. Currently, $10 of the $20 license fee funds similar programswedding dress for adults.

Courts committee member Sen. Ryan T. McDougle, R-Hanover, proposed allocating $10 of the proposed $15 increase to the help state’s understaffed circuit courts, whose clerks are responsible for processing the applications.

Whipple noted that couples applying for marriage licenses currently pay a $10 fee to the clerks, in addition to the license fee. So the real cost of obtaining a marriage license in evening dresses Virginia is $30; under Whipple’s bill, it would be $45.

McDougle’s amendment was defeated. He and Sen. Ken Cuccinelli, R-Fairfax, cast the dissenting committee votes against the measure.