BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

Senate Research Center                                                                                                     H.B. 3167

                                                                                                              By: Swinford (West, Royce)

                                                                                                                                    Administration

                                                                                                                                              5/4/2007

                                                                                                                                           Engrossed

 

 

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

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logical order; employing a numbering system and format that will accommodate future expansion of the law; eliminating repealed, invalid, duplicative, and other ineffective provisions; and improving the draftsmanship of law if practicable.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.

 

H.B. 3167  makes nonsubstantive revisions to certain laws concerning the Agriculture Code, Business & Commerce Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Education Code, Election Code, Finance Code, Government Code, Health and Safety Code, Insurance Code, Labor Code, Local Government Code, Occupations Code, Penal Code, Special District Local Laws Code, Tax Code, Transportation Code, and the Water Code.

 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

 

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

 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

 

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (Page 1)

 

ARTICLE 2. CHANGES RELATING TO AGRICULTURE CODE (Page 2)

 

ARTICLE 2A. CHANGES RELATING TO BUSINESS & COMMERCE CODE (Page 2)

 

ARTICLE 3. CHANGES RELATING TO CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (Pages 3-5)

 

ARTICLE 4. CHANGES RELATING TO EDUCATION CODE (Pages 5-10)

 

ARTICLE 5. CHANGES RELATING TO ELECTION CODE (Pages 10-12)

 

ARTICLE 6. CHANGES RELATING TO FINANCE CODE (Pages 12-50)

 

ARTICLE 7. CHANGES RELATING TO GOVERNMENT CODE (Pages 50-147)

 

ARTICLE 8. CHANGES RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE (Pages 148-150)

 

ARTICLE 9. CHANGES RELATING TO INSURANCE CODE (Pages 150-310)

 

ARTICLE 10. CHANGES RELATING TO LABOR CODE (Pages 310-313)

 

ARTICLE 11. CHANGES RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE (Pages 313-314)

 

ARTICLE 12. CHANGES RELATING TO OCCUPATIONS CODE (Pages 314-318)

 

ARTICLE 12A. CHANGES RELATING TO PENAL CODE (Page 318)

 

ARTICLE 13. CHANGES RELATING TO SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE (Pages 318-337)

 

ARTICLE 14. CHANGES RELATING TO TAX CODE (Pages 338-344)

 

ARTICLE 15. CHANGES RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION CODE (Pages 344-345)

 

ARTICLE 16. CHANGES RELATING TO WATER CODE (Page 345)

 

ARTICLE 17.  RENUMBERING (Pages 345-364)

 

ARTICLE 18. EFFECTIVE DATE (Page 364)

 

SECTION 18.01.  Effective date: September 1, 2007.