Bill Text: TX HB555 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to an additional fee for issuing a marriage license to applicants who are not residents of this state and the form of a marriage license and application for a marriage license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [HB555 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB555-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to an additional fee for issuing a marriage license to applicants who are not residents of this state and the form of a marriage license and application for a marriage license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [HB555 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB555-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Springer, Frank, King of Hemphill, | H.B. No. 555 | ||
Phillips, VanDeaver | |||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 555: | |||
By: Roberts | C.S.H.B. No. 555 |
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relating to an additional fee for issuing a marriage license to | ||
applicants who are not residents of this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 118.011(b), Local Government Code, as | ||
effective until September 1, 2019, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The county clerk may set and collect the following fee | ||
from any person: | ||
(1) Returned Check (Sec. 118.0215) . . . . . . not | ||
less than $15 or more than $30 | ||
(2) Records Management and Preservation Fee | ||
(Sec. 118.0216) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not more | ||
than $10 | ||
(3) Mental Health Background Check for License to | ||
Carry a Handgun (Sec. 118.0217) . . . . . not more than $2 | ||
(4) Marriage License for Out-of-State Applicants | ||
(Sec. 118.018) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100 | ||
SECTION 2. Section 118.011(b), Local Government Code, as | ||
effective September 1, 2019, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The county clerk may set and collect the following fee | ||
from any person: | ||
(1) Returned Check (Sec. 118.0215) . . . . . . not | ||
less than $15 or more than $30 | ||
(2) Records Management and Preservation Fee (Sec. | ||
118.0216) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not more | ||
than $5 | ||
(3) Mental Health Background Check for License to | ||
Carry a Handgun (Sec. 118.0217) . . . . . not more than $2 | ||
(4) Marriage License for Out-of-State Applicants | ||
(Sec. 118.018) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100 | ||
SECTION 3. Section 118.018, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (b-1) and adding Subsection (d) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b-1) The county clerk shall issue a marriage license | ||
without collecting a marriage license fee from an applicant who: | ||
(1) completes a premarital education course described | ||
by Section 2.013, Family Code; [ |
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(2) provides to the county clerk a premarital | ||
education course completion certificate indicating completion of | ||
the premarital education course not more than one year before the | ||
date the marriage license application is filed with the clerk; and | ||
(3) provides proof satisfactory to the county clerk | ||
that the applicant is a resident of this state. | ||
(d) If neither applicant for a marriage license provides | ||
proof satisfactory to the county clerk that the applicant is a | ||
resident of this state, the county clerk may collect an additional | ||
fee of $100 for issuing the marriage license. | ||
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a marriage license issued on or after January 1, 2018. A | ||
marriage license issued before January 1, 2018, is governed by the | ||
law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |