[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Amherst 8-18-1980 by L.L. No.
3-1980; amended in its entirety 10-21-2019 by L.L. No. 19-2019. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Defense and indemnification of employees — See Ch.
14.
Code of Ethics — See Ch.
19.
Freedom of information — See Ch.
22.
The term of office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Amherst
shall be four years.
A. Upon
filing of an application for a marriage license, the applicant shall
pay a fee of Forty Dollars ($40) to the Town Clerk. Such fee is due
and payable before at the time the license shall be issued.
B. When
either of the parties applying for such marriage license is an active
member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the Town of Amherst
shall not collect that portion of the fee which would otherwise be
transmitted to the New York State Commissioner of Health pursuant
to Section 15 (4) of New York's Domestic Relations Law.
C. When
either of the parties applying for such marriage license is an active
member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the Town of Amherst
shall waive the portion of the fee to which it is entitled.
D. When
either of the parties applying for such marriage license is an active
member of the Armed Forced of the United States, the Town of Amherst
shall also waive the Ten Dollar ($10) Clerk's Office Preservation
Fee to which it is entitled.
E. This
law shall take effect January 1, 2020.