By: Seliger S.B. No. 322
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing current and former members of the state
legislature to conduct a marriage ceremony.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. Section 2.202(a), Family Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) The following persons are authorized to conduct a
marriage ceremony:
(1) a licensed or ordained Christian minister or
priest;
(2) a Jewish rabbi;
(3) a person who is an officer of a religious
organization and who is authorized by the organization to a
marriage;
(4) a justice of the supreme court, judge of the court
of criminal appeals, justice of the courts of appeals, judge of the
district, county, and probate courts, judge of the county courts at
law, judge of the courts of domestic relations, judge of the
juvenile courts, retired justice or judge of those courts, justice
of the peace, retired justice of the peace, judge of a municipal
court, or judge or magistrate of a federal court of this state;
(5) a retired judge or magistrate of a federal court of
this state; and
(6) a current or former member of the state
legislature.
(a-1) a person authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony
under Subsection (a)(6) may not conduct more than 3 marriage
ceremonies in a 12-month period.
(1) conducting a marriage ceremony for a member of the
armed services or a former member of the armed services shall not
count toward the amount of ceremonies performed under Subsection
(a-1).
(a-2) a person authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony
under Subsection (a)(6) may not receive compensation for performing
a marriage ceremony.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect September 1, 2017.