87R4658 MLH-F
 
  By: Talarico H.B. No. 2039
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to persons authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2.202(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The following persons are authorized to conduct a
  marriage ceremony:
               (1)  a licensed or ordained Christian minister or
  priest;
               (2)  a Jewish rabbi;
               (2-a) a Muslim imam;
               (3)  a person who is an officer of a religious
  organization and who is authorized by the organization to conduct a
  marriage ceremony;
               (4)  a justice of the supreme court, judge of the court
  of criminal appeals, justice of the courts of appeals, judge of the
  district, county, and probate courts, judge of the county courts at
  law, judge of the courts of domestic relations, judge of the
  juvenile courts, retired justice or judge of those courts, justice
  of the peace, retired justice of the peace, judge of a municipal
  court, retired judge of a municipal court, associate judge of a
  statutory probate court, retired associate judge of a statutory
  probate court, associate judge of a county court at law, retired
  associate judge of a county court at law, or judge or magistrate of
  a federal court of this state; and
               (5)  a retired judge or magistrate of a federal court of
  this state.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.