By Pitts H.B. No. 2780
76R8658 DWS-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the construction of definitions in state credit law.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Articles 1B.002(b) and (c), Title 79, Revised
1-5 Statutes (Article 5069-1B.002, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) [These definitions shall be liberally construed to
1-8 accomplish the purposes of this subtitle.]
1-9 [(c)] The finance commission by rule may adopt other
1-10 definitions to accomplish the purposes of this subtitle.
1-11 SECTION 2. Sections 301.002(b) and (c), Finance Code, are
1-12 amended to read as follows:
1-13 (b) [These definitions shall be liberally construed to
1-14 accomplish the purposes of this subtitle.]
1-15 [(c)] The Finance Commission of Texas by rule may adopt
1-16 other definitions to accomplish the purposes of this subtitle.
1-17 SECTION 3. (a) Section 1 of this Act takes effect
1-18 immediately on passage only if the Act of the 76th Legislature,
1-19 Regular Session, 1999, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and
1-20 corrections in enacted codes does not take effect.
1-21 (b) Section 2 of this Act takes effect September 1, 1999,
1-22 only if the Act of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,
1-23 relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
1-24 codes takes effect.
2-1 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-6 and that this Act take effect and be in force according to its
2-7 terms, and it is so enacted.