| 1 | 1 | | 84R2057 KKA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Zedler H.B. No. 178 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the authority of a justice of the peace to waive the |
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| 8 | 8 | | waiting period for a marriage ceremony. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 2.204(c), Family Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (c) An applicant may request a judge of a court with |
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| 13 | 13 | | jurisdiction in family law cases, a justice of the supreme court, a |
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| 14 | 14 | | judge of the court of criminal appeals, a county judge, a justice of |
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| 15 | 15 | | the peace, or a judge of a court of appeals for a written waiver |
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| 16 | 16 | | permitting the marriage ceremony to take place during the 72-hour |
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| 17 | 17 | | period immediately following the issuance of the marriage license. |
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| 18 | 18 | | If the judge finds that there is good cause for the marriage to take |
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| 19 | 19 | | place during the period, the judge shall sign the waiver. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a judge under this |
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| 21 | 21 | | section has the authority to sign a waiver under this section. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 23 | 23 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 24 | 24 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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