By: Howard of Travis H.B. No. 3752
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)(3), Family Code is amended to
read as follows:
(3) a person who is an officer or member of a religious
organization and who is authorized by the organization to conduct a
marriage ceremony; and
SECTION 2. 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, 2009.