H.B. No. 555         AN ACT   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.          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:                (1)  must identify the county in which the license is   issued; and                (2)  may include 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 must:                (1)  require identification of the county in which the   application is submitted; and                (2)  allow, but may not require, the name of the county   clerk to appear on the application.          SECTION 3.  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 4.  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 5.  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; [and]                (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 6.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a marriage license issued on or after January 1, 2019. A   marriage license issued before January 1, 2019, 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 7.  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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 555 was passed by the House on May 4,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 7, 2 present, not   voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to   H.B. No. 555 on May 24, 2017, and requested the appointment of a   conference committee to consider the differences between the two   houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report   on H.B. No. 555 on May 28, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 123,   Nays 22, 2 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 555 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 22, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 24, Nays   7; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference   committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and   that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.   555 on May 28, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 24, Nays 6.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor