SPECIAL OR LOCAL PROVISION PREVAILS OVER GENERAL
Known as the Code Construction Act
The act spans §§ 311.001 to 311.036 (27 sections).
Applied in 25 court decisions — leading case Azeez v. State (2008)
Most recently applied in Desir v. State (February 2018)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff
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.
(a) If a general provision conflicts with a special or local provision, the provisions shall be construed, if possible, so that effect is given to both.
(b) If the conflict between the general provision and the special or local provision is irreconcilable, the special or local provision prevails as an exception to the general provision, unless the general provision is the later enactment and the manifest intent is that the general provision prevail.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.