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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the character of and citation to enacted legislation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 3, Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Chapter 312A to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 312A. GENERAL PROVISION |
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Sec. 312A.001. NATURE OF AND REFERENCE TO LEGISLATIVE |
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ENACTMENTS. (a) When all requirements of law have been met for a |
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bill passed by both houses of the legislature to become law, |
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including action of the governor and any subsequent action of the |
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legislature under Section 14, Article IV, Texas Constitution, the |
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measure becomes an Act of the legislature and should no longer be |
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referred to as a bill or cited by reference to its former bill |
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number or author. |
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(b) To the extent practicable, in official documents and |
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publications an Act of the legislature should be cited by reference |
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to the chapter number assigned by the secretary of state under |
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Section 405.014 or to the statutory designation of the law enacted |
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or amended by the Act, without reference to the bill by which the |
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legislature enacted that law. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |