By Moreno H.B. No. 3196 74R9016 MLR-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to fees collected by a judge or justice for certain 1-3 services. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Government Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Section 21.003 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 21.003. FEE FOR MARRIAGE CEREMONY. A judge or justice 1-8 who performs a marriage ceremony under Section 1.83, Family Code, 1-9 may charge and collect a fee for that service. 1-10 SECTION 2. Section 36.07, Penal Code, is amended by adding 1-11 Subsection (d) to read as follows: 1-12 (d) This section does not apply to a judge or justice who 1-13 charges or collects a fee for a marriage ceremony under Section 1-14 1.83, Family Code. 1-15 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-16 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.