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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing certain current and former members of the |
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state legislature 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, Family Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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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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(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; [and] |
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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, or judge or magistrate of a federal court of this state; |
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(5) a current member of the state legislature who has |
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served as a member of the legislature for not less than 20 years; or |
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(6) a former member of the state legislature who |
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served as a member of the legislature for not less than 20 years. |
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(a-1) A person authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony |
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under Subsection (a)(5) or (6) may not conduct more than 12 marriage |
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ceremonies in a 12-month period. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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