84R15917 MCK-F
By: Flynn, Isaac, Fletcher, Raymond, Burkett, H.B. No. 150
et al.
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 150:
By: Elkins C.S.H.B. No. 150
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) The state, acting under the exemption provisions of the
Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. Section 260a(a)), is exempt from
the provisions of that law that establish daylight saving time. The
exemption provided by this subsection applies to both the portion
of the state using central standard time as the official standard
time and the portion of the state using mountain standard time as
the official standard time.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect November 1, 2015, to
coincide with the end of daylight saving time for 2015.