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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)  This state shall observe daylight saving time  | 
         
         
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            year-round.  This subsection applies to both the portion of this  | 
         
         
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            state using central standard time as the official standard time and  | 
         
         
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            the portion of this state using mountain standard time as the  | 
         
         
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            official standard time. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  If a court finds that the State of Texas is not  | 
         
         
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            authorized by federal law to implement Section 312.016(d),  | 
         
         
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            Government Code, as added by this Act, Section 312.016(d),  | 
         
         
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            Government Code, as added by this Act, has full force and effect on  | 
         
         
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            the date the United States Congress enacts legislation that becomes  | 
         
         
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            law that authorizes the State of Texas to observe daylight saving  | 
         
         
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            time year-round. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |