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Tex. Fam. Code § 2.205

DISCRIMINATION IN CONDUCTING MARRIAGE PROHIBITED

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A person authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony by this subchapter is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, religion, or national origin against an applicant who is otherwise competent to be married.

(b) On a finding by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct that a person has intentionally violated Subsection (a), the commission may recommend to the supreme court that the person be removed from office.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.