Tex. Family Code § 2.205
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 2.205, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 2.205. DISCRIMINATION IN CONDUCTING MARRIAGE PROHIBITED.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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