By: Campbell, Nelson S.B. No. 1218
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the proof of an applicant's identity and age required
  for the issuance of a marriage license.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 2.005, Family Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The proof must be established by:
               (1)  a driver's license or identification card issued
  by this state, another state, or a foreign government [Canadian
  province] that is current or has expired not more than two years
  preceding the date the identification is submitted to the county
  clerk in connection with an application for a license;
               (2)  a United States passport that is current or has
  expired not more than two years preceding the date the passport is
  submitted to the county clerk in connection with an application for
  a license;
               (3)  a current passport issued by a foreign country or a
  consular document issued by a state or national government;
               (4)  an unexpired Certificate of United States
  Citizenship, Certificate of Naturalization, United States Citizen
  Identification Card, Permanent Resident Card, Temporary Resident
  Card, Employment Authorization Card, or other document issued by
  the federal Department of Homeland Security or the United States
  Department of State that contains the person's [including an
  identification] photograph;
               (5)  an unexpired military identification card for
  active duty, reserve, or retired personnel that contains the
  person's [with an identification] photograph;
               (6)  [an original or certified copy of a birth
  certificate issued by a bureau of vital statistics for a state or a
  foreign government;
               [(7)     an original or certified copy of a Consular
  Report of Birth Abroad or Certificate of Birth Abroad issued by the
  United States Department of State;
               [(8)     an original or certified copy of a court order
  relating to the applicant's name change or sex change;
               [(9)     school records from a secondary school or
  institution of higher education;
               [(10)     an insurance policy continuously valid for the
  two years preceding the date of the application for a license;
               [(11)  a motor vehicle certificate of title;
               [(12)     military records, including documentation of
  release or discharge from active duty or a draft record;
               [(13)]  An unexpired military dependent identification
  card that contains the person's photograph;
               (7)  an unexpired [(14)     an original or certified copy
  of the applicant's marriage license or divorce decree;
               [(15)  a voter registration certificate;
               [(16)  a] pilot's license issued by the Federal
  Aviation Administration or another authorized agency of the United
  States that contains the person's photograph;
               (8)  an unexpired [(17)  a] license to carry a
  concealed handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code;
               (9) [(18)]  a temporary driving permit or a temporary
  identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety,
  together with an identification photograph; or
               (10) [(19)]  an offender identification card issued by
  the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that contains the person's
  photograph.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies 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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.