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Tex. Gov't Code § 323.007

STATUTORY REVISION PROGRAM

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Collier v. Poe (1987)

Most recently applied in Robbins Chevrolet Co. v. Motor Vehicle Board (April 1999)

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) The council shall plan and execute a permanent statutory revision program for the systematic and continuous study of the statutes of this state and for the formal revision of the statutes on a topical or code basis. The purpose of the program is to clarify and simplify the statutes and to make the statutes more accessible, understandable, and usable.

(b) When revising a statute the council may not alter the sense, meaning, or effect of the statute.

(c) As part of the statutory revision program, the council shall:

(1) prepare a statutory record showing the status and disposition within the classification of the revised statutes of all acts enacted by the legislature;

(2) prepare and submit to the legislature in bill form statutory revisions on a topical or code basis;

(3) include a report with each revision that contains revisor's notes explaining in detail the work done; and

(4) formulate and implement a continuous revision program so that statutes that have been revised and enacted may be updated without the need for subsequent major revisions.

(d) Expired.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.