82R9954 JMM-D
By: Chisum H.B. No. 2638
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to intervention by the attorney general in a suit
involving recognition of a same-sex marriage or civil union.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.204, Family Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The attorney general may intervene in a suit involving a
right or claim asserted as a result of a marriage between persons of
the same sex or a civil union at any time before the 90th day after
the date a judgment is rendered in the suit.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
suit that is pending in a trial court on the effective date of this
Act or filed on or after that date.
SECTION 3. 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, 2011.