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| 1 | 1 | 84R2057 KKA-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Burton S.B. No. 457 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the authority of a justice of the peace to waive the | |
| 8 | 8 | waiting period for a marriage ceremony. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 2.204(c), Family Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) An applicant may request a judge of a court with | |
| 13 | 13 | jurisdiction in family law cases, a justice of the supreme court, a | |
| 14 | 14 | judge of the court of criminal appeals, a county judge, a justice of | |
| 15 | 15 | the peace, or a judge of a court of appeals for a written waiver | |
| 16 | 16 | permitting the marriage ceremony to take place during the 72-hour | |
| 17 | 17 | period immediately following the issuance of the marriage license. | |
| 18 | 18 | If the judge finds that there is good cause for the marriage to take | |
| 19 | 19 | place during the period, the judge shall sign the waiver. | |
| 20 | 20 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a judge under this | |
| 21 | 21 | section has the authority to sign a waiver under this section. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |