license TO BECOME EFFECTIVE AT A TIME before the [48-hour] waiting period
expires, AS STATED IN THE AUTHORIZATION, if 1 of the parties to be married is:

[(1)] (I) a resident of this State; or

[(2)] (II) a member of the United States armed forces.

[(f)] (E) If, during the questioning of an applicant for a license, the clerk finds
that there is a legal reason why the applicants should not be married, the clerk shall
withhold the license unless ordered by the court to issue the license.

(g)](F) A license may be delivered personally or by mail to:

(1) either of the parties to be married; or

(2) any authorized official, if in the application either of the parties to be
married authorized the delivery.] ANY PERSON AUTHORIZED IN WRITING BY EITHER
OF THE PARTIES TO ACCEPT DELIVERY.

[(h)] (F) (G) (1) The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shall
provide to each clerk:

(i) birth control information; and

(ii) a list of the family planning clinics located in the county where
the license is issued.

(2) When the clerk issues a license, the clerk shall make the information
and list available to each, applicant for a license.

[(i)] (G) (H) (1) A clerk may not[:

(i) ] predate an application for a license[; or

(ii) deliver any license before the 48-hour waiting period expires,
unless a judge of the circuit court for the county in which the application is made
signs an authorization for the clerk to deliver the license before the waiting period
expires].

(2) A clerk who violates any provision of this subsection is guilty of a
misdemeanor and on conviction is subject:

(i) for a first offense, to a fine not exceeding $100; and

(ii) for each subsequent offense, to a fine, not exceeding $500 or
imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or both.

[(j) A clerk may destroy an application if the applicant has not obtained a
license within 90 days after applying.)

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(b) Within 6 months after a license [is issued] BECOMES EFFECTIVE, any
authorized official may perform the marriage ceremony of the individuals named in
the license.