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AN ACT
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relating to persons authorized to perform 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 2.201, Family Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 2.201. EXPIRATION OF LICENSE. If a marriage ceremony |
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has not been conducted before the 90th [31st] day after the date the |
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license is issued, the marriage license expires. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2.202, Family Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) 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 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, retired judge of a municipal court, 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 of |
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this state. |
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(b) For the purposes of Subsection (a)(4) [this section], a |
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retired judge or justice is a former judge or justice who is vested |
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in the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial |
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Retirement System of Texas Plan Two or who has an aggregate of at |
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least 12 years of service as judge or justice of any type listed in |
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Subsection (a)(4). |
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(b-1) For the purposes of Subsection (a)(5), a retired judge |
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or magistrate is a former judge or magistrate of a federal court of |
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this state who is fully vested in the Federal Employees Retirement |
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System under 28 U.S.C. Section 371 or 377. |
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SECTION 3. Section 2.201, Family Code, as amended by this |
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Act, applies only to a marriage license that is issued on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A marriage license issued before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on |
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the date the license was issued, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. Section 2.202, Family Code, as amended by this |
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Act, applies only to a marriage ceremony that is conducted on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. A marriage ceremony conducted |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the ceremony was conducted, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1317 passed the Senate on |
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April 24, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2013, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1317 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 148, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Date |
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Governor |