| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | relating to the repeal of certain obsolete laws governing state |
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| 6 | 8 | | pensions and other similar benefits. |
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| 7 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 10 | | SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The legislature finds that certain |
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| 9 | 11 | | laws governing state pension and other benefits have become |
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| 10 | 12 | | obsolete and should no longer be included in the reported statutes |
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| 11 | 13 | | of this state. These laws consist of: |
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| 12 | 14 | | (1) part of the enabling legislation for state |
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| 13 | 15 | | pensions for Confederate veterans and their surviving spouses; |
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| 14 | 16 | | (2) authorization of a state pension for veterans of |
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| 15 | 17 | | the Texas Revolution and their surviving spouses; |
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| 16 | 18 | | (3) authorization of a state pension for certain Texas |
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| 17 | 19 | | Rangers who served before September 1, 1947, and their surviving |
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| 18 | 20 | | spouses; and |
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| 19 | 21 | | (4) several statutes from the 1930s providing |
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| 20 | 22 | | transitional funding mechanisms and appropriations for the |
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| 21 | 23 | | original Texas Old Age Assistance Fund. |
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| 22 | 24 | | SECTION 2. REPEALER. The following provisions are |
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| 23 | 25 | | repealed: |
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| 24 | 26 | | (1) Articles 6205, 6208, 6209, 6210, 6211, 6212, 6213, |
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| 25 | 27 | | 6214, 6215, 6217, 6218, 6220, 6221, 6222, 6223, 6224, 6225, 6226, |
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| 26 | 28 | | and 6227, Revised Statutes; |
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| 27 | 29 | | (2) Chapter 557 (S.B. 433), Acts of the 51st |
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| 28 | 30 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 1949 (Article 6227a, Vernon's Texas |
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| 29 | 31 | | Civil Statutes); |
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| 30 | 32 | | (3) Chapter 283 (S.B. 53), Acts of the 56th |
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| 31 | 33 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 1959 (Article 6228e, Vernon's Texas |
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| 32 | 34 | | Civil Statutes); |
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| 33 | 35 | | (4) Section 1, Article 1, Chapter 495 (H.B. 8), Acts of |
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| 34 | 36 | | the 44th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1936 (Article 6243-2, |
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| 35 | 37 | | Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); |
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| 36 | 38 | | (5) Chapter 479 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 44th |
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| 37 | 39 | | Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1936 (Article 6243-22, Vernon's |
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| 38 | 40 | | Texas Civil Statutes); |
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| 39 | 41 | | (6) Chapter 496 (H.B. 37), Acts of the 44th |
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| 40 | 42 | | Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1936 (Article 6243-23, Vernon's |
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| 41 | 43 | | Texas Civil Statutes); and |
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| 42 | 44 | | (7) Chapter 1 (H.B. 179), page 536, General Laws, Acts |
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| 43 | 45 | | of the 46th Legislature, Regular Session, 1939 (Article 6243-24, |
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| 44 | 46 | | Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). |
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| 45 | 47 | | SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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| 46 | 48 | | immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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| 47 | 49 | | elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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| 48 | 50 | | Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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| 49 | 51 | | immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 50 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 51 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 52 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1735 passed the Senate on |
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| 53 | | - | April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 54 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 55 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 56 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1735 passed the House on |
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| 57 | | - | May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two |
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| 58 | | - | present not voting. |
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| 59 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 60 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 61 | | - | Approved: |
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| 62 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 63 | | - | Date |
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| 64 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 65 | | - | Governor |
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