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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to daylight saving time. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 312.016, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) The state, acting under the exemption provisions of |
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Section 3(a), Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. Section 260a(a)), |
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is exempt from the provisions of that law that establish daylight |
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saving time. The exemption provided by this subsection applies to |
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both the portion of the state using central standard time as the |
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official standard time and the portion of the state using mountain |
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standard time as the official standard time. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect November 4, 2019, to |
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coincide with the end of daylight saving time for 2019. |