TO: | Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1600 by Zaffirini (Relating to authorizing the county clerk in certain counties to conduct a marriage ceremony and collect a related fee.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Family Code to authorize a county clerk and any deputy clerk in a county with a population of at least 1.7 million that contains a municipality in which at least 75 percent of the county's population resides to conduct a marriage ceremony. Based on the applicability criteria, the provisions of the bill would apply only to Bexar County.
The bill would amend the Government Code to require a clerk or a deputy clerk who conducts a marriage ceremony to collect a $25 fee to be used by the county solely to fund charitable organizations that assist or provide care for victims of family violence, child abuse or neglect, or family violence prevention services that receive state or federal funds.
Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
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LBB Staff: | UP, CL, SD, TP
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