H.B. No. 555
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to an additional fee for issuing a marriage license to
  applicants who are not residents of this state and the form of a
  marriage license and application for a marriage license.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2.009, Family Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  A license issued by a county clerk under this section:
               (1)  must identify the county in which the license is
  issued; and
               (2)  may include the name of the county clerk.
         SECTION 2.  Section 194.0011(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the
  format and content of the department form used for the marriage
  license application. The form must:
               (1)  require identification of the county in which the
  application is submitted; and
               (2)  allow, but may not require, the name of the county
  clerk to appear on the application.
         SECTION 3.  Section 118.011(b), Local Government Code, as
  effective until September 1, 2019, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The county clerk may set and collect the following fee
  from any person:
               (1)  Returned Check (Sec. 118.0215) . . . . . . not
  less than $15 or more than $30
               (2)  Records Management and Preservation Fee
  (Sec. 118.0216) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not more
  than $10
               (3)  Mental Health Background Check for License to
  Carry a Handgun (Sec. 118.0217) . . . . . not more than $2
               (4)  Marriage License for Out-of-State Applicants
  (Sec. 118.018) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100
         SECTION 4.  Section 118.011(b), Local Government Code, as
  effective September 1, 2019, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The county clerk may set and collect the following fee
  from any person:
               (1)  Returned Check (Sec. 118.0215)  . . . . . . not
  less than $15 or more than $30
               (2)  Records Management and Preservation Fee (Sec.
  118.0216)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not more
  than $5
               (3)  Mental Health Background Check for License to
  Carry a Handgun (Sec. 118.0217)  . . . . . not more than $2
               (4)  Marriage License for Out-of-State Applicants
  (Sec. 118.018) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100
         SECTION 5.  Section 118.018, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (b-1) and adding Subsection (d) to
  read as follows:
         (b-1)  The county clerk shall issue a marriage license
  without collecting a marriage license fee from an applicant who:
               (1)  completes a premarital education course described
  by Section 2.013, Family Code; [and]
               (2)  provides to the county clerk a premarital
  education course completion certificate indicating completion of
  the premarital education course not more than one year before the
  date the marriage license application is filed with the clerk; and
               (3)  provides proof satisfactory to the county clerk
  that the applicant is a resident of this state.
         (d)  If neither applicant for a marriage license provides
  proof satisfactory to the county clerk that the applicant is a
  resident of this state, the county clerk may collect an additional
  fee of $100 for issuing the marriage license.
         SECTION 6.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a marriage license issued on or after January 1, 2019. A
  marriage license issued before January 1, 2019, is governed by the
  law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
  the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 555 was passed by the House on May 4,
  2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 7, 2 present, not
  voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
  H.B. No. 555 on May 24, 2017, and requested the appointment of a
  conference committee to consider the differences between the two
  houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
  on H.B. No. 555 on May 28, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 123,
  Nays 22, 2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 555 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 24, Nays
  7; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
  committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
  that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
  555 on May 28, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 24, Nays 6.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor