87R3234 MLH-D
By: Moody H.B. No. 451
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to persons authorized 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 conduct a
marriage ceremony; and
(4) a federal judge or state judge, as those terms are
defined by Section 25.025, Tax Code [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, retired judge of a municipal court,
associate judge of a statutory probate court, retired associate
judge of a statutory probate court, associate judge of a county
court at law, retired associate judge of a county court at law, or
judge or magistrate of a federal court of this state; and
[(5) a retired judge or magistrate of a federal court
of this state].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.