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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR:	Duran		DATE TYPED:	1/29/02		HB
SHORT TITLE:		Marriage License Fees				SB	172
					ANALYST:		J. Sandoval

REVENUE

Estimated Revenue		Subsequent Years Impact	Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY02	FY03
	NFI		Recurring	Children’s Trust Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC files

Responses Received From

The Department of Health

Office of the Attorney General

SUMMARY

Senate Bill 172 amends Section 40-1-11 NMSA 1978 by deleting the mandate that a certificate from a physician regarding tests and examinations as required by regulation of the Health and Environmental Department (Department of Health) be included as part of a marriage license. This bill also increases the marriage license fee received by the respective County Clerk from twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to forty dollars ($40.00). The fifteen dollars amount from this fee that is remitted to the State Treasurer for deposit into the children’s trust fund remains unchanged.

Significant Issues

In 1995 the Department of Health chose not to require any medical tests for marriage licenses. Currently no documents need to be submitted for a marriage license.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

This bill would increase county revenues by an indeterminate amount.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

None reported.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS