A statute is presumed to be prospective in its operation unless expressly made retrospective.
Tex. Gov't Code § 311.022
PROSPECTIVE OPERATION OF STATUTES
Known as the Code Construction Act
The act spans §§ 311–311 (27 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Morin v. State (1989)
Most recently applied in Robbins, Neal Hampton (January 2016)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.