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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. Sections 2.202(a) and (b), Family Code, are |
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amended to 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 current, former, or retired federal judge or |
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state judge [justice of the supreme court, judge of the court of |
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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, retired judge of a municipal court, associate judge of a |
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statutory probate court, retired associate judge of a statutory |
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probate court, associate judge of a county court at law, retired |
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associate judge of a county court at law, or judge or magistrate of |
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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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(b) For the purposes of Subsection (a)(4), "federal judge" |
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and "state judge" have the meanings assigned by Section 25.025, Tax |
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Code [a retired judge or justice is a former judge or justice who is |
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vested in the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the |
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Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two or who has an aggregate |
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of at least 12 years of service as judge or justice of any type |
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listed in Subsection (a)(4)]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2.202(b-1), Family Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 907 was passed by the House on April |
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28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 8, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 907 was passed by the Senate on May |
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17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |