Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§36-B, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 780, Pt. LL, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §651, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

1. Place of recording. Residents of the State intending to be joined in marriage shall record notice of their intentions in the office of the clerk of the municipality in which each at least one of them resides. If only one of the parties resides in the State, the parties shall record notice of their intentions in the office of the clerk of the municipality in which the resident party resides. If there is no clerk in the place of their residence, the notice must be filed with the clerk of an adjoining municipality. If both parties reside out of the State, they must record notice of their intentions in the office of the clerk of the municipality in which the parties propose to have the marriage solemnized. If both parties to a marriage reside outside the State, they must file intentions in any municipal office.__Once the intentions are filed and the license is issued, the parties are free to marry anywhere within the State.

Sec. 3. 19-A MRSA §652, sub-§§2 and 4, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, are repealed.

Sec. 4. 19-A MRSA §654, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

2. Return of original; copies. The person who solemnized the marriage shall return each original certificate to the clerk who issued the certificate within 7 working days following the date on which the marriage is solemnized by that person. If the marriage was solemnized in a municipality other than the place or places where the parties to the marriage reside, that person shall return a copy of the certificate, or of either certificate if 2 were issued, to the clerk of the town where the marriage was solemnized. The clerk and the State Registrar of Vital Statistics each shall retain a copy of the certificate.

Sec. 5. 19-A MRSA §655, sub-§1, ķA, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

A. If a resident of this State:

(1) A justice or judge;

(2) A lawyer admitted to the Maine Bar; or