Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R5931 AMF-D
2	2	By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 924
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the age at which a person in this state may marry.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 2.009(a), Family Code, is amended to
10	10	read as follows:
11	11	(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (d), the
12	12	county clerk may not issue a license if either applicant:
13	13	(1) fails to provide the information required by this
14	14	subchapter;
15	15	(2) fails to submit proof of age and identity;
16	16	(3) is under 18 years of age, regardless of whether the
17	17	applicant has been granted by this state or another state [and has
18	18	not presented:
19	19	[(A)] a court order [granted by this state under
20	20	Chapter 31] removing the disabilities of minority of the applicant
21	21	for general purposes; [or
22	22	[(B) if the applicant is a nonresident minor, a
23	23	certified copy of an order removing the disabilities of minority of
24	24	the applicant for general purposes filed with this state under
25	25	Section 31.007;]
26	26	(4) checks "false" in response to a statement in the
27	27	application, except as provided by Subsection (b) or (d), or fails
28	28	to make a required declaration in an affidavit required of an absent
29	29	applicant; or
30	30	(5) indicates that the applicant has been divorced
31	31	within the last 30 days, unless:
32	32	(A) the applicants were divorced from each other;
33	33	or
34	34	(B) the prohibition against remarriage is waived
35	35	as provided by Section 6.802.
36	36	SECTION 2. Section 2.101, Family Code, is amended to read as
37	37	follows:
38	38	Sec. 2.101. GENERAL AGE REQUIREMENT. A county clerk may not
39	39	issue a marriage license if either applicant is under 18 years of
40	40	age, regardless of whether the [unless each] underage applicant
41	41	[shows that the applicant] has been granted by this state or another
42	42	state a court order removing the disabilities of minority of the
43	43	applicant for general purposes.
44	44	SECTION 3. Section 6.205, Family Code, is amended to read as
45	45	follows:
46	46	Sec. 6.205. MARRIAGE TO MINOR. A marriage is void if either
47	47	party to the marriage is younger than 18 years of age, regardless of
48	48	whether [unless] a court order removing the disabilities of
49	49	minority of the party for general purposes has been obtained in this
50	50	state or in another state.
51	51	SECTION 4. Section 2.003, Family Code, is repealed.
52	52	SECTION 5. (a) Chapter 2, Family Code, as amended by this
53	53	Act, applies only to an application for a marriage license filed on
54	54	or after the effective date of this Act. An application filed
55	55	before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the
56	56	application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for
57	57	that purpose.
58	58	(b) Section 6.205, Family Code, as amended by this Act,
59	59	applies only to a marriage entered into on or after the effective
60	60	date of this Act. A marriage entered into before that date is
61	61	governed by the law in effect on the date the marriage was entered
62	62	into, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
63	63	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.