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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain information required to be provided to an |
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applicant for a marriage license. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2.009(c), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) On the proper execution of the application, the clerk |
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shall: |
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(1) prepare the license; |
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(2) enter on the license the names of the licensees, |
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the date that the license is issued, and, if applicable, the name of |
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the person appointed to act as proxy for an absent applicant, if |
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any; |
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(3) record the time at which the license was issued; |
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(4) distribute to each applicant written notice of the |
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online location of the information prepared under Section 2.010 |
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regarding [printed materials about] acquired immune deficiency |
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syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and note on |
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the license that the distribution was made; and |
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(5) distribute to each applicant a premarital |
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education handbook provided by the attorney general under Section |
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2.014 or written notice of the online location of that handbook. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2.010, Family Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 2.010. AIDS INFORMATION; POSTING ON INTERNET. The |
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[Materials providing information about acquired immune deficiency
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syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) shall be
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prepared and provided to the clerk by the Texas] Department of State |
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Health Services [and] shall prepare and make available to the |
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public on its Internet website information about acquired immune |
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deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). |
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The information must be designed to inform an applicant for a |
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marriage license [the applicants] about: |
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(1) the incidence and mode of transmission of AIDS and |
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HIV; |
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(2) the local availability of medical procedures, |
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including voluntary testing, designed to show or help show whether |
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a person has AIDS or HIV infection, antibodies to HIV, or infection |
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with any other probable causative agent of AIDS; and |
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(3) available and appropriate counseling services |
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regarding AIDS and HIV infection. |
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SECTION 3. Section 2.014(c), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) The premarital education handbook under Subsection |
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(b)(1) must: |
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(1) as provided by Section 2.009(c)(5), [shall] be |
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distributed to each applicant for a marriage license or made |
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available in an electronic form on a publicly accessible Internet |
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website; [as provided by Section 2.009(c)(5)] and |
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(2) [shall] contain information on: |
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(A) [(1)] conflict management; |
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(B) [(2)] communication skills; |
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(C) [(3)] children and parenting |
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responsibilities; and |
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(D) [(4)] financial responsibilities. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an application for a marriage license submitted to a county clerk on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a |
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marriage license submitted before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |