2-405.

(a) [The clerk for the county in which a marriage ceremony is to be performed
may issue AND DELIVER a license AT THE TIME THE APPLICATION IS MADE TO THE
PARTY WHO APPEARS BEFORE THE CLERK TO APPLY.

(d) (1) Except as provided in [subsection (e) of this section] PARAGRAPH (2)
OF THIS SUBSECTION, [the clerk may not deliver] a license IS NOT EFFECTIVE until
[48 hours after the time an application is made or a notarized application is received]
6 A.M. ON THE SECOND CALENDAR DAY AFTER THE LICENSE IS ISSUED.

[(e)] (2) For good cause shown, a judge of the circuit court for the county in
which the application is made may sign an authorization for [the clerk to deliver] a
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 authorizes 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
sighs 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:

- 4298 -