Bill Text: TX SB911 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the form of a marriage license and an application for a marriage license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-18 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB911 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB911-Comm_Sub.html
By: Huffman, et al. | S.B. No. 911 | |
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relating to the form of a marriage license and an application for a | ||
marriage license. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2.009, Family Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) A license issued by a county clerk under this section | ||
must identify the county in which the license is issued but may not | ||
specify the name of the county clerk. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 194.0011(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the | ||
format and content of the department form used for the marriage | ||
license application. The form: | ||
(1) may not require that the name of the county clerk | ||
appear on the application; and | ||
(2) must require identification of the county in which | ||
the application is submitted. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. |