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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing current and former members of the state |
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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(a), Family Code, is amended to read |
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as 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 a |
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marriage; |
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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 retired judge or magistrate of a federal court of |
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this state; and |
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(6) a current or former member of the state |
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legislature. |
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(a-1) a person authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony |
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under Subsection (a)(6) may not conduct more than 3 marriage |
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ceremonies in a 12-month period. |
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(1) conducting a marriage ceremony for a member of the |
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armed services or a former member of the armed services shall not |
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count toward the amount of ceremonies performed under Subsection |
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(a-1). |
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(a-2) a person authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony |
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under Subsection (a)(6) may not receive compensation for performing |
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a marriage ceremony. |
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SECTION 2. This act takes effect September 1, 2017. |