Bill Text: TX SB907 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the application for and issuance of a marriage license through the use of remote technology.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB907 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB907-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 907 |
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relating to the application for and issuance of a marriage license | ||
through the use of remote technology. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 2, Family Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 2.0091 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2.0091. APPLICATION FOR AND ISSUANCE OF LICENSE | ||
THROUGH REMOTE TECHNOLOGY. (a) This section applies only in a | ||
county in which the county clerk has been certified by the Texas | ||
Judicial Council under Section 71.039, Government Code, to issue a | ||
marriage license through the use of remote technology. | ||
(b) In a county to which this section applies: | ||
(1) a person who applies for a marriage license | ||
through the use of remote technology is considered to have appeared | ||
before the court for purposes of this subchapter; and | ||
(2) the county clerk may issue a marriage license | ||
through the use of remote technology only in accordance with the | ||
procedures adopted by the Texas Judicial Council under Section | ||
71.039, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 71, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 71.039 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 71.039. PROCEDURES FOR ISSUANCE OF MARRIAGE LICENSE | ||
THROUGH REMOTE TECHNOLOGY. The council, in consultation with the | ||
Department of State Health Services, by rule shall develop and | ||
implement a voluntary certification process under which a county | ||
clerk may be certified to issue a marriage license to applicants | ||
through the use of remote technology in accordance with procedures | ||
adopted by the council. The procedures adopted by the council must | ||
ensure sufficient verification of each applicant's age and identity | ||
to prevent fraud. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2022, the Texas | ||
Judicial Council shall adopt the rules necessary to implement | ||
Section 71.039, Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 907 passed the Senate on | ||
April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 907 passed the House on | ||
May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 9, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |