BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 818 |
By: Cortez |
County Affairs |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties contend that United States armed services members in active-duty status would benefit from there being more options for finding an authorized person to conduct a member's marriage ceremony. C.S.H.B. 818 seeks to address this issue by providing for county clerks and deputy clerks in certain counties to conduct such a marriage ceremony.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 818 amends the Family Code and Government Code to authorize a county clerk and any deputy clerk appointed by the clerk to conduct a marriage ceremony in which a participant is a member of the United States armed forces in active-duty status and which is performed 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.
C.S.H.B. 818 amends the Government Code to require a county clerk or deputy clerk who conducts such a marriage ceremony to collect a $25 fee for conducting the ceremony and to deposit the fee in the county treasury to be used by the county only to fund charitable organizations that assist or provide care for victims of family violence or of child abuse or neglect or provide family violence prevention services.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 818 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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