N.Y. General Municipal Law § 805-b: Solemnization of marriages

§ 805-b. Solemnization of marriages. Notwithstanding any statute, law

or rule to the contrary, no public officer listed in section eleven of

the domestic relations law shall be prohibited from accepting any fee or

compensation having a value of one hundred dollars or less, whether in

the form of money, property, services or entertainment, for the

solemnization of a marriage by such public officer at a time and place

other than the public officer's normal public place of business, during

normal hours of business. For the purpose of this section, a town or

village judge's normal hours of business shall mean those hours only

which are officially scheduled by the court for the performing of the

judicial function.