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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to persons authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 2.202(a), (b), and (b-1), Family Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The following persons are authorized to conduct a |
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marriage ceremony: |
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(1) [a licensed or ordained Christian minister or |
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priest; |
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[(2) a Jewish rabbi; |
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[(3)] a person who is [an officer of a religious |
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organization and who is] authorized by a religious [the] |
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organization to conduct a marriage ceremony; |
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(2) [(4)] a justice of the supreme court, judge of the |
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court of criminal appeals, justice of the courts of appeals, judge |
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of the district, county, and probate courts, judge of the county |
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courts at law, judge of the courts of domestic relations, judge of |
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the juvenile courts, retired justice or judge of those courts, |
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justice of the peace, retired justice of the peace, judge of a |
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municipal court, retired judge of a municipal court, associate |
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judge of a statutory probate court, retired associate judge of a |
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statutory probate court, associate judge of a county court at law, |
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retired associate judge of a county court at law, or judge or |
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magistrate of a federal court of this state; and |
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(3) [(5)] a retired judge or magistrate of a federal |
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court of this state. |
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(b) For the purposes of Subsection (a)(2) [(a)(4)], a |
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retired judge or justice is a former judge or justice who is vested |
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in the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial |
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Retirement System of Texas Plan Two or who has an aggregate of at |
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least 12 years of service as judge or justice of any type listed in |
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Subsection (a)(2) [(a)(4)]. |
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(b-1) For the purposes of Subsection (a)(3) [(a)(5)], a |
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retired judge or magistrate is a former judge or magistrate of a |
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federal court of this state who is fully vested in the Federal |
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Employees Retirement System under 28 U.S.C. Section 371 or 377. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |