1-1     By:  Harris, et al.                                    S.B. No. 488
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 31, 2001; February 1, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
 1-4     May 2, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 5,
 1-5     Nays 1; May 2, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the recognition of a same-sex marriage or civil union.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 1, Family Code, is amended
1-11     by adding Section 1.109 to read as follows:
1-12           Sec. 1.109.  RECOGNITION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE OR CIVIL UNION.
1-13     (a)  In this section, "civil union" means any relationship status
1-14     that grants to the parties of the relationship the same legal
1-15     protections, benefits, and responsibilities as are granted to the
1-16     spouses of a marriage.
1-17           (b)  The state may not give effect to a:
1-18                 (1)  public act, record, or judicial proceeding that
1-19     recognizes or validates a marriage or civil union between persons
1-20     of the same sex; or
1-21                 (2)  right or claim asserted as a result of the
1-22     purported marriage or civil union.
1-23           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-24     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-25     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-26     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-27     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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