Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 118.022 · Subchapter B. FEES OF COUNTY CLERK OTHER THAN COURT FEES
DISPOSITION OF MARRIAGE LICENSE AND DECLARATION FEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the county clerk collects a fee for issuing a marriage license, the county clerk shall deposit, as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 133:
(1) $20 of each fee collected for issuing a marriage license or $12.50 of each fee for recording a declaration of informal marriage to be sent to the comptroller and deposited as provided by Subsection (b);
(2) $10 of each fee collected for issuing a marriage license to be sent to the comptroller and deposited as provided by Subsection (c); and
(3) if applicable, the $5 voluntary contribution collected to promote healthy early childhood by supporting the Texas Home Visiting Program administered by the Office of Early Childhood Coordination of the Health and Human Services Commission to be sent to the comptroller and deposited as provided by Subsection (d).
(b) The comptroller shall deposit the money received under Subsection (a)(1) to the credit of the child abuse and neglect prevention trust fund account established under Section 137.054, Human Resources Code.
(c) The comptroller shall deposit the money received under Subsection (a)(2) to the credit of the family trust fund account established under Section 2.014, Family Code.
(d) The comptroller shall deposit the money received under Subsection (a)(3) in the Texas Home Visiting Program trust fund under Section 523.0306, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 957, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 209, Sec. 76(a), eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 327 (H.B. 2685), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2008.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 820 (S.B. 1836), Sec. 5, eff. June 14, 2013.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 2.143, eff. April 1, 2025.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1033 (S.B. 24), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2023.
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