Public Act 095-0775
 		





SB2161 Enrolled
LRB095 16297 AJO 42317 b






    AN ACT concerning civil law.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of 
Marriage Act is amended  by changing Sections 207 and 209 as 
follows:
 



    (750 ILCS 5/207)  (from Ch. 40, par. 207)



    Sec. 207. Effective Date of License.) A license to marry 
becomes
effective in the county where it was issued one day 
after the date of
issuance, unless the court orders that the 
license is effective when
issued, and expires 60 days after it 
becomes effective, provided that the marriage is not 
invalidated by the fact that the marriage was inadvertently 
solemnized in a county in Illinois other than the county where 
the license was issued.

(Source: P.A. 81-397.)

 



    (750 ILCS 5/209)  (from Ch. 40, par. 209)



    Sec. 209. Solemnization and Registration.)

    (a) A marriage may be solemnized by a judge of a court of 
record, by a
retired judge of a court of record, unless the 
retired judge was removed from
office by the Judicial Inquiry 
Board, except that a retired judge shall not
receive any 
compensation from the State, a county or any unit of local

government in return for the solemnization of a marriage and 
there shall be no
effect upon any pension benefits conferred by 
the Judges Retirement System of
Illinois, by a judge of the 
Court of Claims, by a county clerk in counties
having 2,000,000 
or more inhabitants, by a public official whose powers include

solemnization of marriages, or in accordance with the 
prescriptions of any
religious denomination, Indian Nation or 
Tribe or Native Group, provided that
when such prescriptions 
require an officiant, the officiant be in good standing
with 
his religious denomination, Indian Nation or Tribe or Native 
Group.
Either the person solemnizing the marriage, or, if no 
individual acting alone
solemnized the marriage, both parties 
to the marriage, shall complete the
marriage certificate form 
and forward it to the county clerk within 10 days
after such 
marriage is solemnized.

    (b) The solemnization of the marriage is not invalidated by 
the
fact that the person solemnizing the marriage was not 
legally qualified
to solemnize it, if either party to the 
marriage believed him to be so
qualified or by the fact that 
the marriage was inadvertently solemnized in a county in 
Illinois other than the county where the license was issued.

(Source: P.A. 87-1261.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
1, 2009.