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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. Section 2.202(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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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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(2-a) a Muslim imam; |
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(3) a person who is an officer of a religious |
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organization and who is authorized by the organization to conduct a |
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marriage ceremony; |
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(4) a justice of the supreme court, judge of the court |
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of criminal appeals, justice of the courts of appeals, judge of the |
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district, county, and probate courts, judge of the county courts at |
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law, judge of the courts of domestic relations, judge of the |
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juvenile courts, retired justice or judge of those courts, justice |
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of the peace, retired justice of the peace, judge of a municipal |
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court, retired judge of a municipal court, associate judge of a |
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statutory probate court, retired associate judge of a statutory |
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probate court, associate judge of a county court at law, retired |
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associate judge of a county court at law, or judge or magistrate of |
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a federal court of this state; and |
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(5) a retired judge or magistrate of a federal court of |
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this state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |