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            |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
         
            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to certain general definitions in the Code Construction | 
         
            |  | Act. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  Section 311.005, Government Code, is amended by | 
         
            |  | adding Subdivisions (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), and (20) to | 
         
            |  | read as follows: | 
         
            |  | (14)  "Boy" means a child of the male sex. | 
         
            |  | (15)  "Father" means a parent of the male sex. | 
         
            |  | (16)  "Female" and "woman" mean an individual whose | 
         
            |  | biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova. | 
         
            |  | (17)  "Girl" means a child of the female sex. | 
         
            |  | (18)  "Male" and "man" mean an individual whose | 
         
            |  | biological reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of | 
         
            |  | a female. | 
         
            |  | (19)  "Mother" means a parent of the female sex. | 
         
            |  | (20)  "Sex" means a person's biological sex, either | 
         
            |  | male or female. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |