H.B. No. 984
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain information required to be provided to an
  applicant for a marriage license.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2.009(c), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  On the proper execution of the application, the clerk
  shall:
               (1)  prepare the license;
               (2)  enter on the license the names of the licensees,
  the date that the license is issued, and, if applicable, the name of
  the person appointed to act as proxy for an absent applicant, if
  any;
               (3)  record the time at which the license was issued;
               (4)  distribute to each applicant written notice of the
  online location of the information prepared under Section 2.010
  regarding [printed materials about] acquired immune deficiency
  syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and note on
  the license that the distribution was made; and
               (5)  inform [distribute to] each applicant:
                     (A)  that a premarital education handbook
  developed [provided] by the child support division of the office of
  the attorney general under Section 2.014 is available on the child
  support division's Internet website; or
                     (B)  if the applicant does not have Internet
  access, how the applicant may obtain a paper copy of the handbook
  described by Paragraph (A).
         SECTION 2.  Section 2.010, Family Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 2.010.  AIDS INFORMATION; POSTING ON INTERNET. The
  [Materials providing information about acquired immune deficiency
  syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) shall be
  prepared and provided to the clerk by the Texas] Department of State 
  Health Services [and] shall prepare and make available to the
  public on its Internet website information about acquired immune
  deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
  The information must be designed to inform an applicant for a
  marriage license [the applicants] about:
               (1)  the incidence and mode of transmission of AIDS and
  HIV;
               (2)  the local availability of medical procedures,
  including voluntary testing, designed to show or help show whether
  a person has AIDS or HIV infection, antibodies to HIV, or infection
  with any other probable causative agent of AIDS; and
               (3)  available and appropriate counseling services
  regarding AIDS and HIV infection.
         SECTION 3.  Section 2.014(c), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  The premarital education handbook under Subsection
  (b)(1) must:
               (1)  as provided by Section 2.009(c)(5), [shall] be
  made available [distributed] to each applicant for a marriage
  license in an electronic form on the Internet website of the child
  support division of the office of the attorney general or, for an
  applicant who does not have Internet access, in paper copy form; [as
  provided by Section 2.009(c)(5)] and
               (2) [shall]  contain information on:
                     (A) [(1)]  conflict management;
                     (B) [(2)]  communication skills;
                     (C) [(3)]  children and parenting
  responsibilities; and
                     (D) [(4)]  financial responsibilities.
         SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  an application for a marriage license submitted to a county clerk on
  or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a
  marriage license submitted before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 984 was passed by the House on April
  3, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 984 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 984 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor