88R2259 MCK-D
 
  By: Schofield H.B. No. 417
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to daylight saving time.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 312.016, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  This state shall observe daylight saving time
  year-round.  This subsection applies to both the portion of this
  state using central standard time as the official standard time and
  the portion of this state using mountain standard time as the
  official standard time.
         SECTION 2.  If a court finds that the State of Texas is not
  authorized by federal law to implement Section 312.016(d),
  Government Code, as added by this Act, Section 312.016(d),
  Government Code, as added by this Act, has full force and effect on
  the date the United States Congress enacts legislation that becomes
  law that authorizes the State of Texas to observe daylight saving
  time year-round.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.