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| 1 | 1 | By: Jetton H.B. No. 4316 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to judges compensation to conduct marriage ceremonies in | |
| 7 | 7 | the State of Texas; creating a criminal offense. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section Sec. 2.202, Family Code, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (e) A current judicial officeholder commits an offense if | |
| 12 | 12 | the person knowingly agrees to accept, directly or indirectly, | |
| 13 | 13 | overtly or covertly any remuneration in cash or in kind to or from | |
| 14 | 14 | another for conducting a marriage ceremony. An offense under this | |
| 15 | 15 | subsection is a Class B Misdemeanor. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |