SRC-MAX S.B. 1751 75(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center S.B. 1751 By: Armbrister Administration 4-8-97 As Filed DIGEST The Texas Legislative Council is required by law to carry out a complete nonsubstantive revision of the Texas statutes. The process involves reclassifying and rearranging the statutes in a more logical order, employing a numbering system and format that will accommodate future expansion of the law, eliminating repealed, invalid, duplicative, and other ineffective provisions, and improving the draftsmanship of the law if practicable. These efforts are carried out in order to make the statutes more accessible, understandable, and usable without altering the sense, meaning, or effect of the law. This bill is a nonsubstantive revision of the Texas statutes relating to utilities. PURPOSE As proposed, S.B. 1751 makes certain nonsubstantive revisions of statutes relating to utilities, including conforming amendments, repeals, and penalties. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS Makes nonsubstantive revisions of statutes related to the Utilities Code, including conforming amendments, repeals, and penalties. The following codes were modified: Water Code, Local Government Code, and Natural Resources Code.