83R5165 JSA-D
By: Patrick S.B. No. 1572
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the character of and citation to enacted legislation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 3, Government Code, is amended
by adding Chapter 312A to read as follows:
CHAPTER 312A. GENERAL PROVISION
Sec. 312A.001. NATURE OF AND REFERENCE TO LEGISLATIVE
ENACTMENTS. (a) When all requirements of law have been met for a
bill passed by both houses of the legislature to become law,
including action of the governor and any subsequent action of the
legislature under Section 14, Article IV, Texas Constitution, the
measure becomes an Act of the legislature and should no longer be
referred to as a bill or cited by reference to its former bill
number or author.
(b) To the extent practicable, in official documents and
publications an Act of the legislature should be cited by reference
to the chapter number assigned by the secretary of state under
Section 405.014 or to the statutory designation of the law enacted
or amended by the Act, without reference to the bill by which the
legislature enacted that law.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.