Marriage: local registrar.

Existing law requires the State Registrar to create a document, no later than March 1, 2020, with annual updates, containing information received by local registrars concerning marriage certificates in which one or both of the parties were minors at the time of solemnization of the marriage. Existing law requires the local registrar, at least annually, to submit information, as specified, to the State Registrar for those purposes. Existing law restricts the local registrar from submitting that information if the local registrar did not accept any marriage certificates in the same calendar year. This bill would require the State Registrar to also provide that document to the Legislature annually. The bill would require the local registrar to submit that information four times a year, as specified. The bill would instead require, if no marriage certificates were accepted by the local registrar, that the local registrar submit a report to the State Registrar concurrently with the information described above indicating that no marriage certificates were accepted. By creating new duties for county officials relating to certain marriage licenses or certificates, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.