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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the repeal of certain obsolete laws governing state |
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pensions and other similar benefits. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The legislature finds that certain |
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laws governing state pension and other benefits have become |
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obsolete and should no longer be included in the reported statutes |
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of this state. These laws consist of: |
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(1) part of the enabling legislation for state |
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pensions for Confederate veterans and their surviving spouses; |
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(2) authorization of a state pension for veterans of |
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the Texas Revolution and their surviving spouses; |
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(3) authorization of a state pension for certain Texas |
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Rangers who served before September 1, 1947, and their surviving |
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spouses; and |
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(4) several statutes from the 1930s providing |
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transitional funding mechanisms and appropriations for the |
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original Texas Old Age Assistance Fund. |
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SECTION 2. REPEALER. The following provisions are |
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repealed: |
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(1) Articles 6205, 6208, 6209, 6210, 6211, 6212, 6213, |
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6214, 6215, 6217, 6218, 6220, 6221, 6222, 6223, 6224, 6225, 6226, |
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and 6227, Revised Statutes; |
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(2) Chapter 557 (S.B. 433), Acts of the 51st |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1949 (Article 6227a, Vernon's Texas |
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Civil Statutes); |
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(3) Chapter 283 (S.B. 53), Acts of the 56th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1959 (Article 6228e, Vernon's Texas |
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Civil Statutes); |
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(4) Section 1, Article 1, Chapter 495 (H.B. 8), Acts of |
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the 44th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1936 (Article 6243-2, |
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Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); |
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(5) Chapter 479 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 44th |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1936 (Article 6243-22, Vernon's |
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Texas Civil Statutes); |
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(6) Chapter 496 (H.B. 37), Acts of the 44th |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1936 (Article 6243-23, Vernon's |
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Texas Civil Statutes); and |
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(7) Chapter 1 (H.B. 179), page 536, General Laws, Acts |
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of the 46th Legislature, Regular Session, 1939 (Article 6243-24, |
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Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). |
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SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |