SRC-JBJ AXB S.B. 1368 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research CenterS.B. 1368 By: Harris Administration 6/28/1999 Enrolled DIGEST The Texas Legislative Council is required by law (Section 323.007, Government Code) 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logical order; employing a numbering system and format that will accommodate future expansion of the law; eliminating repealed, invalid, duplicative, and other ineffective provisions; and improving the draftsmanship of the law if practicable.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 makes nonsubstantive revisions to and corrections in enacted codes, including the nonsubstantive codification of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 75th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature. PURPOSE As enrolled, S.B. 1368 makes nonsubstantive revisions to and corrections in enacted codes, including the nonsubstantive codification of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 75th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature. 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 enacted codes, including the nonsubstantive codification of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 75th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature. The following codes were modified: Government Code, Alcoholic Beverage Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Education Code, Election Code, Family Code, Finance Code, Government Code, Health and Safety Code, Labor Code, Local Government Code, Natural Resources Code, Penal Code, Tax Code, Transportation Code, Utilities Code, Agriculture Code, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Human Resources Code, Property Code, and Water Code.