Amend HB 2685 as follows:
(1) On page 5, line 11, strike "$60.00" and substitute
"$100.00".
(2) On page 5, line 17, strike "Subsection (a)" and
substitute "Subsections (a) and (c)".
(3) On page 6, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
(c) A county clerk who collects a fee under this section
from a marriage license applicant shall deposit $10 [$3] of that fee
to be sent to the comptroller as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter
133, for deposit in the family trust fund established under Section
2.014, Family Code.
(4) Strike SECTION 5 of the bill and substitute the
following:
SECTION 5. Section 118.022, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 118.022. DISPOSITION OF MARRIAGE LICENSE AND
DECLARATION FEES. (a) If the county clerk collects a fee for
issuing a marriage license, the [The] county clerk shall deposit,
as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 133:
(1)[,] $20 [$12.50] of each fee collected for issuing
[issuance of] a marriage license or $12.50 of each fee for recording
a declaration of informal marriage to be sent to the comptroller and
deposited as provided by Subsection (b);
(2) $20 of each fee collected for issuing a marriage
license to be sent to the comptroller and deposited as provided by
Subsection (c); and
(3) $10 of each fee collected for issuing a marriage
license to be sent to the comptroller and deposited as provided by
Subsection (d).
(b) The comptroller shall deposit the money received under
Subsection (a)(1) [this section] to the credit of the child abuse
and neglect prevention trust fund account established under Section
40.105, Human Resources Code.
(c) The comptroller shall deposit the money received under
Subsection (a)(2) to the credit of the healthy marriage trust fund
account established under Section 31.015(g), Human Resources Code.
(d) The comptroller shall deposit the money received under
Subsection (a)(3) to the credit of the family trust fund account
established under Section 2.014, Family Code.
(5) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION of the
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS as appropriate:
SECTION ____. Section 31.015, Human Resources Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) The healthy marriage trust fund account is an account in
the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only to the Health
and Human Services Commission for the purposes and activities
authorized by this section and for reasonable administrative
expenses under this section. The account is exempt from the
application of Section 403.095, Government Code. The account
consists of:
(1) all money appropriated for the purposes of this
section;
(2) any gifts, grants, or donations received for the
purposes of this section; and
(3) interest earned on money in the account.