SRC-VRA H.B. 3506 78(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterH.B. 3506
78R6194 CAS-DBy: Marchant (Harris)
Administration
5/8/2003
Engrossed

DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

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expansion of the law, eliminating repealed, invalid, duplicative, and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, all toward promoting the stated purpose of making the
statutes "more accessible, understandable, and usable" without altering
the sense, meaning, or effect of the law.  Section 43, Article III, Texas
Constitution, recognizes this type of bill as a "revision" for purposes of
the legislature's obligation under that section to revise the laws.  H.B.
3506 renumbers sections and articles of codes that duplicate section and
article numbers in existing statutes.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Provides that this Act is enacted as part of the state's
continuing statutory revision program under Chapter 323, Government Code.
Provides that this Act is a revision for purposes of Section 43, Article
III, Texas Constitution.  (Page 1 of this bill.) 

SECTION 2.  Amends enacted codes by making conforming changes related to
the renumbering or relettering and appropriate cross-referencing to
eliminate duplicate citations or to relocate misplaced provisions.  (Pages
1-24 of this bill.) 

SECTION 3.  Amends certain codes by making conforming changes related to
the renumbering changes made by SECTION 2 of this Act, and adds section
headings as appropriate.  (Pages 2447 of this bill.) 

SECTION 4.  Provides that if the number, letter, or designation assigned
by SECTION 2 of this Act conflicts with a letter, number, or designation
assigned by another Act of the 78th Legislature the other Act controls and
the change made by this Act has no effect and any crossreference change
made by SECTION 3 of this Act to conform to that change made by SECTION 2
of this Act has no effect.  (Pages 47-48 of this bill.) 

SECTION 5.  Effective date: September 1, 2003.  (Page 48 of this bill.)