| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the proof of an applicant's identity and age required |
|
|
for the issuance of a marriage license. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 2.005, Family Code, is |
|
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
|
(b) The proof must be established by: |
|
|
(1) a driver's license or identification card issued |
|
|
by this state, another state, or a foreign government [Canadian
|
|
|
province] that is current or has expired not more than two years |
|
|
preceding the date the identification is submitted to the county |
|
|
clerk in connection with an application for a license; |
|
|
(2) a United States passport that is current or has |
|
|
expired not more than two years preceding the date the passport is |
|
|
submitted to the county clerk in connection with an application for |
|
|
a license; |
|
|
(3) a current passport issued by a foreign country or a |
|
|
consular document issued by a state or national government; |
|
|
(4) an unexpired Certificate of United States |
|
|
Citizenship, Certificate of Naturalization, United States Citizen |
|
|
Identification Card, Permanent Resident Card, Temporary Resident |
|
|
Card, Employment Authorization Card, or other document issued by |
|
|
the federal Department of Homeland Security or the United States |
|
|
Department of State that contains the person's [including an
|
|
|
identification] photograph; |
|
|
(5) an unexpired military identification card for |
|
|
active duty, reserve, or retired personnel that contains the |
|
|
person's [with an identification] photograph; |
|
|
(6) [an original or certified copy of a birth
|
|
|
certificate issued by a bureau of vital statistics for a state or a
|
|
|
foreign government;
|
|
|
[(7)
an original or certified copy of a Consular
|
|
|
Report of Birth Abroad or Certificate of Birth Abroad issued by the
|
|
|
United States Department of State;
|
|
|
[(8)
an original or certified copy of a court order
|
|
|
relating to the applicant's name change or sex change;
|
|
|
[(9)
school records from a secondary school or
|
|
|
institution of higher education;
|
|
|
[(10)
an insurance policy continuously valid for the
|
|
|
two years preceding the date of the application for a license;
|
|
|
[(11) a motor vehicle certificate of title;
|
|
|
[(12)
military records, including documentation of
|
|
|
release or discharge from active duty or a draft record;
|
|
|
[(13)] An unexpired military dependent identification |
|
|
card that contains the person's photograph; |
|
|
(7) an unexpired [(14)
an original or certified copy
|
|
|
of the applicant's marriage license or divorce decree;
|
|
|
[(15) a voter registration certificate;
|
|
|
[(16) a] pilot's license issued by the Federal |
|
|
Aviation Administration or another authorized agency of the United |
|
|
States that contains the person's photograph; |
|
|
(8) an unexpired [(17) a] license to carry a |
|
|
concealed handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code; |
|
|
(9) [(18)] a temporary driving permit or a temporary |
|
|
identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety, |
|
|
together with an identification photograph; or |
|
|
(10) [(19)] an offender identification card issued by |
|
|
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that contains the person's |
|
|
photograph. |
|
|
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
|
|
to an application for a marriage license submitted to a county clerk |
|
|
on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a |
|
|
marriage license submitted before the effective date of this Act is |
|
|
governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and the |
|
|
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |