| 1 | 1 | | 89R16144 KRM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hernandez H.B. No. 4621 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the electronic return of a completed marriage license |
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| 10 | 10 | | to a county clerk by a federal or state judge who conducted the |
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| 11 | 11 | | marriage ceremony. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 2.206, Family Code, is amended by adding |
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| 14 | 14 | | Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a-1) A current federal judge or state judge, as defined by |
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| 16 | 16 | | Section 2.202, who conducts a marriage ceremony may return the |
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| 17 | 17 | | license as required by Subsection (a) electronically by |
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| 18 | 18 | | electronically scanning the completed license and electronically |
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| 19 | 19 | | submitting the scanned image of the license to the county clerk who |
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| 20 | 20 | | issued the license. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 2.208, Family Code, is amended by |
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| 22 | 22 | | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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| 23 | 23 | | follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) The county clerk shall record a returned marriage |
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| 25 | 25 | | license and, except as provided by Subsection (a-1), mail the |
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| 26 | 26 | | license to the address indicated on the application. On request by |
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| 27 | 27 | | the applicants, the county clerk may e-mail the marriage license to |
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| 28 | 28 | | an e-mail address provided to the county clerk by the applicants in |
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| 29 | 29 | | addition to mailing the license. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a-1) If the county clerk received the returned marriage |
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| 31 | 31 | | license by electronic submission under Section 2.206(a-1), the |
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| 32 | 32 | | clerk shall mail a certified copy of the license to the address |
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| 33 | 33 | | indicated on the application. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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