By: Huffman S.B. No. 911
(In the Senate - Filed February 15, 2017; February 28, 2017,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 3, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 3, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the form of a marriage license and an application for a
marriage license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2.009, Family Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A license issued by a county clerk under this section
must identify the county in which the license is issued but may not
specify the name of the county clerk.
SECTION 2. Section 194.0011(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the
format and content of the department form used for the marriage
license application. The form:
(1) may not require that the name of the county clerk
appear on the application; and
(2) must require identification of the county in which
the application is submitted.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.
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