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TO AMEND SECTION 20-1-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO A PERSON WHO MAY PERFORM MARRIAGE CEREMONIES, SO AS TO ALSO INCLUDE THE CHIEF OF A NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN ENTITY RECOGNIZED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA COMMISSION FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 20-1-20 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 20-1-20. Only ministers of the Gospel or, accepted Jewish rabbis and, officers authorized to administer oaths in this State, and the chief of a Native American Indian entity, recognized by the South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs pursuant to Section 1-31-40, are authorized to administer a marriage ceremony in this State."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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