S.B. No. 1735
AN ACT
relating to the repeal of certain obsolete laws governing state
pensions and other similar benefits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The legislature finds that certain
laws governing state pension and other benefits have become
obsolete and should no longer be included in the reported statutes
of this state. These laws consist of:
(1) part of the enabling legislation for state
pensions for Confederate veterans and their surviving spouses;
(2) authorization of a state pension for veterans of
the Texas Revolution and their surviving spouses;
(3) authorization of a state pension for certain Texas
Rangers who served before September 1, 1947, and their surviving
spouses; and
(4) several statutes from the 1930s providing
transitional funding mechanisms and appropriations for the
original Texas Old Age Assistance Fund.
SECTION 2. REPEALER. The following provisions are
repealed:
(1) Articles 6205, 6208, 6209, 6210, 6211, 6212, 6213,
6214, 6215, 6217, 6218, 6220, 6221, 6222, 6223, 6224, 6225, 6226,
and 6227, Revised Statutes;
(2) Chapter 557 (S.B. 433), Acts of the 51st
Legislature, Regular Session, 1949 (Article 6227a, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes);
(3) Chapter 283 (S.B. 53), Acts of the 56th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1959 (Article 6228e, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes);
(4) Section 1, Article 1, Chapter 495 (H.B. 8), Acts of
the 44th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1936 (Article 6243-2,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
(5) Chapter 479 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 44th
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1936 (Article 6243-22, Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes);
(6) Chapter 496 (H.B. 37), Acts of the 44th
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1936 (Article 6243-23, Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes); and
(7) Chapter 1 (H.B. 179), page 536, General Laws, Acts
of the 46th Legislature, Regular Session, 1939 (Article 6243-24,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1735 passed the Senate on
April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1735 passed the House on
May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor