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BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

 

S.B. 1488

By: West

State Affairs

Committee Report (Unamended)

 

 

 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

 

The Texas Legislative Council is required by law to carry out a nonsubstantive revision of the Texas statutes in an effort to make the statutes more accessible, understandable, and usable without altering the sense, meaning, or effect of the law. S.B. 1488 seeks to provide such a revision by codifying various statutes, renumbering sections and articles of codes that duplicate other sections and articles, correcting certain references and terminology, and making certain corrections to enacted codes to conform the codes to the source law from which they were derived.

 

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

 

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

 

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

 

ANALYSIS

 

S.B. 1488 amends the Agriculture Code, Alcoholic Beverage Code, Business & Commerce Code, Business Organizations Code, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Education Code, Election Code, Family Code, Government Code, Health and Safety Code, Insurance Code, Labor Code, Local Government Code, Natural Resources Code, Occupations Code, Penal Code, Property Code, Tax Code, Transportation Code, Water Code, and Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes to make corrections to those codes, conform other laws to those codes, and codify certain other provisions as new provisions in those codes. The bill makes various nonsubstantive amendments to those codes, including amendments to conform the codes to acts of previous legislatures, correct references and terminology, properly organize and number the law, and codify other law that properly belongs in those codes. The bill renumbers and reletters provisions of enacted codes and changes references to eliminate duplicated citations and correct corresponding references.

 

S.B. 1488 redesignates certain provisions within the following codes: the Alcoholic Beverage Code, Business & Commerce Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Education Code, Family Code, Government Code, Health and Safety Code, Human Resources Code, Occupations Code, Parks and Wildlife Code, Penal Code, and Transportation Code. The bill provides that it is a nonsubstantive revision that does not affect other acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017.

 

S.B. 1488 repeals the following provisions:

·         The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 47, Agriculture Code

·         Article 56.021(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by Chapter 1032 (H.B. 1447), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Sections 61.806(c) and (d), Education Code, as amended by Chapter 443 (S.B. 715), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013

·         The heading to Chapter 143, Education Code

·         Section 262.353(d), Family Code, as amended by Chapters 837 (S.B. 200) and 946 (S.B. 277), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 263.306(a), Family Code

·         Section 264.017, Family Code, as added by Chapter 713 (H.B. 1217), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 264.304(c), Family Code, as amended by Chapter 935 (H.B. 2398), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 531.02112(c), Government Code, as amended by Chapter 1203 (S.B. 1455), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 531.0736(g), Government Code, as added by Chapter 946 (S.B. 277), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 531.102(p), Government Code, as added by Chapter 837 (S.B. 200), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 101.061192, Government Code

·         Section 101.081191, Government Code

·         Section 101.10119, Government Code

·         Section 103.035, Government Code

·         Section 103.0271, Government Code

·         Section 103.0292, Government Code, as added by Chapter 1167 (S.B. 484), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013

·         Section 2210.2581, Insurance Code, as amended by Chapter 615 (S.B. 900), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Sections 23.003(a) and (b), Labor Code, as added by Chapter 195 (S.B. 805), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 81.112, Natural Resources Code, as amended by Chapter 448 (H.B. 7), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 1802.051(d), Occupations Code, as added by Chapter 1230 (S.B. 1982), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 46.01(11), Penal Code

·         Section 209.00592(a-1), Property Code, as added by Chapter 248 (S.B. 862), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 16.060, Water Code, as amended by Chapter 990 (H.B. 30), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 36.001(31), Water Code, as added by Chapter 415 (H.B. 2767), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 86.17, Education Code

·         Section 1, Chapter 570 (H.B. 1323), Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971

·         The Texas Environmental, Health, and Safety Audit Privilege Act (Article 4447cc, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes)

·         Section 2, Chapter 7 (S.B. 80), Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985 (Article 6819a-55, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes),

·         The Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation Act (Article 1528m, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes)

·         Subchapter E, Chapter 39, Education Code

·         Section 39.152, Education Code

·         Section 16, Chapter 1279 (S.B. 1902), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 2, Chapter 106 (H.B. 3633), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 3, Chapter 106 (H.B. 3633), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 1, Chapter 1002 (H.B. 583), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 1, Chapter 851 (S.B. 1070), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 1.224, Chapter 838 (S.B. 202), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 1, Chapter 1067 (H.B. 2246), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 1, Chapter 684 (H.B. 372), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 3, Chapter 1004 (H.B. 642), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 2, Chapter 225 (H.B. 1546), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

·         Section 1, Chapter 687 (H.B. 518), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015

 

EFFECTIVE DATE

 

Except as otherwise provided, September 1, 2017.