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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to persons authorized 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 |
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read 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 conduct a |
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marriage ceremony; and |
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(4) a federal judge or state judge, as those terms are |
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defined by Section 25.025, Tax Code [justice of the supreme court, |
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judge of the court of criminal appeals, justice of the courts of |
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appeals, judge of the district, county, and probate courts, judge |
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of the county courts at law, judge of the courts of domestic |
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relations, judge of the juvenile courts, retired justice or judge |
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of those courts, justice of the peace, retired justice of the peace, |
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judge of a municipal court, retired judge of a municipal court, |
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associate judge of a statutory probate court, retired associate |
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judge of a statutory probate court, associate judge of a county |
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court at law, retired associate judge of a county court at law, or |
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judge or magistrate of a federal court of this state; and |
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[(5) a retired judge or magistrate of a federal court |
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of this state]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |