Section 118.022 - [Effective 4/1/2025] Disposition of Marriage License and Declaration Fees(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.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 118.022
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 2.143, eff. 4/1/2025.Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1033,Sec. 15, eff. 9/1/2023.Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 820,Sec. 5, eff. 6/14/2013, app. only to a person who applies for a marriage license or requests a copy or certified copy of a birth, marriage, or divorce record on or after January 1, 2014.Amended By Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 327, Sec. 5, eff. 9/1/2008.Amended By Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 209, Sec. 76(a), eff. 1/1/2004.Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 957, Sec. 7, eff. 9/1/2001 Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.