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| 1 | - | By: Metcalf, Ashby, McQueeney, Bucy, Curry, H.B. No. 1393 | |
| 2 | - | et al. | |
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| 1 | + | 89R1747 MCK-D | |
| 2 | + | By: Metcalf, Ashby, McQueeney, Bucy H.B. No. 1393 | |
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| 7 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 7 | relating to daylight saving time. | |
| 10 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 312.016, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 12 | 10 | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 11 | (d) This state, acting as authorized under federal law, | |
| 14 | 12 | shall observe daylight saving time year-round. This subsection | |
| 15 | 13 | applies to both the portion of this state using central standard | |
| 16 | 14 | time as the official standard time and the portion of this state | |
| 17 | - | using mountain standard time as the official standard time. The | |
| 18 | - | standard time in this state shall be referred to as Texas Time. | |
| 15 | + | using mountain standard time as the official standard time. | |
| 19 | 16 | SECTION 2. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this | |
| 20 | 17 | section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | |
| 21 | 18 | (b) This Act takes effect only if the United States Congress | |
| 22 | 19 | enacts legislation that becomes law that authorizes the State of | |
| 23 | 20 | Texas to observe daylight saving time year-round. If the United | |
| 24 | 21 | States Congress does not enact legislation that becomes law | |
| 25 | 22 | described by this subsection, this Act has no effect. |