BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center                                                                                                      S.B. 1883

80R9459 DWS-D                                                                                                    By: West, Royce

Administration

3/23/2007

As Filed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

The Texas Legislative Council is required by law (Section 323.007 (Statutory Revision Program), 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logical order; employing a numbering system and format that will accommodate future expansion of the law, eliminating repealed, invalid, duplicative, and other ineffective provisions; and improving the draftsmanship of the law, if practicable.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 aimed toward promoting the stated purpose of making the statutes "more accessible, understandable, and usable" without altering the sense, meaning, or effect of the law.

As proposed, S.B. 1883 makes nonsubstantive revisions to and corrections in enacted codes.  This bill conforms additions to the Insurance Code and the Special District Local Laws Code, enacted by the 79th Legislature to other acts of that legislature, amending laws codified and conforming references appropriately.  This bill also codifies and corrects without substantive change various statutes that were either omitted from enacted codes or were enacted with duplicate section and article numbers.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

Rulemaking authority is expressly granted to various state officers, institutions, and agencies throughout this bill.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

S.B. 1883 provides for the nonsubstantive revision of codes, as follows:

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(Pages 1-2 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 2. CHANGES RELATING TO AGRICULTURE CODE

(Page 2 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 2A. CHANGES RELATING TO BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE

(Pages 2-3 of this bill)

ARTICLE 3. CHANGES RELATING TO CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

(Pages 3-5 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 4. CHANGES RELATING TO EDUCATION CODE

(Pages 5-10 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 5. CHANGES RELATING TO ELECTION CODE

(Pages 10-12 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 6. CHANGES RELATING TO FINANCE CODE

(Pages 12-50 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 7. CHANGES RELATING TO GOVERNMENT CODE

(Pages 50-148 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 8. CHANGES RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

(Pages 148-150 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 9. CHANGES RELATING TO INSURANCE CODE

(Pages 150-310 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 10. CHANGES RELATING TO LABOR CODE

(Pages 310-313 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 11. CHANGES RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE

(Pages 313-314 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 12. CHANGES RELATING TO OCCUPATIONS CODE

(Pages 314-318 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 13. CHANGES RELATING TO SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE

(Pages 318-334 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 14. CHANGES RELATING TO TAX CODE

(Pages 334-341 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 15. CHANGES RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION CODE

(Pages 341-342 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 16. CHANGES RELATING TO WATER CODE

(Page 342 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 17. RENUMBERING

(Pages 342-361 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 18. EFFECTIVE DATE

(Page 361 of this bill.)

SECTION 18.001. Effective date: September 1, 2007.