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| 1 | 1 | 85R2275 MCK-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Flynn H.B. No. 95 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to daylight saving time. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 312.016, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (d) The state, acting under the exemption provisions of the | |
| 12 | 12 | Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. Section 260a(a)), is exempt from | |
| 13 | 13 | the provisions of that law that establish daylight saving time. The | |
| 14 | 14 | exemption provided by this subsection applies to both the portion | |
| 15 | 15 | of the state using central standard time as the official standard | |
| 16 | 16 | time and the portion of the state using mountain standard time as | |
| 17 | 17 | the official standard time. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect November 5, 2017, to | |
| 19 | 19 | coincide with the end of daylight saving time for 2017. |