Those who plan to get married may have to pay more for their marriage license, if a legislative measure that seeks to increase the fee becomes law.<\/p>\n
The House Committee on Ways and Means moved for the bill\u2019s passage after finding out that marriage license fee has been fixed at $25 since its establishment by law about two decades ago. House Bill 14-163 proposes to increase the fee to $100.<\/p>\n
The House passed the bill Thursday, a measure that is expected to add money to the CNMI\u2019s coffers. House Rep. Justo S. Quitugua introduced the bill.<\/p>\n
Citing Department of Finance statistics, the committee said that there were 403 marriage licenses issued in 2002, which yielded $10,075 in total fees.<\/p>\n
In 2003, the committee said the number of marriage license issued increased to 431, generating some $10,775 in fees.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe CNMI will realize an added value in the fee increase. For example, if marriage licenses are to be issued after the enactment of H.B. 14-163, the amount of $40,000 would be added to the General Fund,\u201d the committee said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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